Samuel Finley Breese Morse, New York, N.Y. letter to Elizabeth Breese
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
- 1827 Jan. 20
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)396
- Type
- Correspondence
- See more items in
- Breese and Morse family papers, 1772-1846
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Painters
- Painting
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_396
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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