Samuel Finley Breese Morse

Description: Daguerrotype of Morse, landscape and portrait painter, in Paris. While the inscription on verso reads: "This daguerreotype of Father was taken in Paris in 1840 by Daguerre himself" this is not a daguerreotype and it is not possible to identify with certainty that the photographer was Louis Jacques MandOe Daguerre.

Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer

Medium: Daguerreotype

Dimensions: 12 cm x 8 cm

Date: 1840

Collection: Macbeth Gallery Records, c. 1890-1964

Persistent URL: http://photography.si.edu/SearchImage.aspx?t=5&id=3904&q=aaa_macbgall_4798

Repository: Archives of American Art

Accession number: aaa_macbgall_4798