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MORSE, SAMUEL F.B. (1791-1872). Engraved portrait inscribed and signed ("Prof. S.F.B. Morse"), n.p., n.d. [circa 1851]. 212 x 166 mm. (8 3/8 x 6 9/16 in.) including margins, some light foxing; matted. A shoulder-length portrait, inscribed on the margin: "Prof. S.F.B. Morse to Mr. E. Willis Sept. 1851."
In 1837, he developed the telegraph and tapped out the first message, 'What hath God wrought!' In a remarkable parlay of talents, Morse was also a very fine painter (one of his works recently sold for $3,200,000). Photography attracted him: within weeks of the arrival in America of Daguerre's instructions on his process, Morse sat his wife and daughter down in the sun to take their pictures. It was Morse who taught the process to Mathew Brady. This is the earliest known signed image of Morse"--W.M.
In 1837, he developed the telegraph and tapped out the first message, 'What hath God wrought!' In a remarkable parlay of talents, Morse was also a very fine painter (one of his works recently sold for $3,200,000). Photography attracted him: within weeks of the arrival in America of Daguerre's instructions on his process, Morse sat his wife and daughter down in the sun to take their pictures. It was Morse who taught the process to Mathew Brady. This is the earliest known signed image of Morse"--W.M.