Samuel Finley Breese Morse, New York, N.Y. letter to Elizabeth Breese

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Object Details

Creator

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Breese, Elizabeth

Subject

National Academy of Design (U.S.)

Place of publication, production, or execution

Other

Physical Description

Letter : 3 p. : handwritten, ill.

Summary

An illustrated letter from Morse to one of his cousins in upstate New York. He writes of his work on a painting in progress and of the National Academy of Design, which had just been established.

Letter dated both 20 and 22 Jan. 1827.

Citation

Samuel Finley Breese Morse. Samuel Finley Breese Morse, New York, N.Y. letter to Elizabeth Breese, 1827 Jan. 20. Breese and Morse family papers, 1772-1846. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Date

1827 Jan. 20

Record number

(DSI-AAA)396

Type

Correspondence

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Breese and Morse family papers, 1772-1846

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

Painters

Painting

Metadata Usage

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Record ID

AAADCD_item_396