[Portrait of a Young Man]

Samuel F. B. MorseWW-1840-331951

1840·Daguerreotype·Image: 5 x 4.2 cm (1 15/16 x 1 5/8 in.), oval

Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005

Catalogue

Year: 1840
Medium: Daguerreotype
Dimensions: Image: 5 x 4.2 cm (1 15/16 x 1 5/8 in.), oval
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Samuel F. B. Morse

Artist

Samuel F. B. Morse

Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American inventor and painter. After establishing his reputation as a portrait painter, Morse, in his middle age, contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer and the namesake of Morse code in 1837 and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.

Charleston, SC, United States

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