Watercolor of an Indian Chief, [1845, 1945].

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Watercolor of an Indian Chief, [1845, 1945].

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Small watercolor (18 x 15.8 cm.) of an Indian Chief, unsigned, accompanied by paper with inscription, "Pieces of Moulding of frame of Indian Chief. [Molding not present.] This portrait was painted by Young Morse, the son of Professor Morse, the inventor of the Morse 'telegraph code.' Young Morse was a fellow student at the time at Yale College, New Haven, with Fredk. H. Lyon, Esq. - 1845. -" Accompanied by an article in Antiques Magazine by Frank O. Spinney, "A Morse Puzzle" dated March 1945, tentatively identifying Young Morse as Charles Walker Morse, the oldest son of Samuel Finley Breese, as the artist of the watercolor.

3 items : ill. ; 28 cm. and smaller.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8018159

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Morse, Charles W. (Charles Walker), 1823-1887

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Lyon, Frederick H.

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Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

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Painter, inventor; New York, N.Y. and London, England. From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599940 From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007074 Author of account concerning deportation of 1100 workers and I.W.W. sympathizers from Bisbee to Columbus, N.M., July 12, 1917. From the description of The truth about Bisbee...

Spinney, Frank

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