Samuel Morse Collection

Samuel F. B. Morse, between 1855 and 1865. Creator: Unknown
Samuel F.B. Morse, between 1855 and 1865. [Artist, portrait painter, inventor, photographer]

Study for The House of Representatives, ca. 1821. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Study for The House of Representatives, ca. 1821

Samuel F. B. Morse Self-Portrait, 1812. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Samuel F. B. Morse Self-Portrait, 1812

Men of Progress, 1862. Creator: Christian Schussele
Men of Progress, 1862

Samuel F. B. Morse, 1895. Creator: Edward Lind Morse
Samuel F. B. Morse, 1895

The House of Representatives, 1822, probably reworked 1823

Lydia Coit Terry (Mrs. Eliphalet Terry), c. 1824. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Lydia Coit Terry (Mrs. Eliphalet Terry), c. 1824

Eliphalet Terry, c. 1824. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Eliphalet Terry, c. 1824

Joseph Gales, 1821 / 1822. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Joseph Gales, 1821/1822

Rev. William Buell Sprague, 1834. Creator: Asher Brown Durand
Rev. William Buell Sprague, 1834

The Wife, 1829. Creator: Asher Brown Durand
The Wife, 1829

Samuel F. B. Morse, ca. 1870. Creator: Mathew Brady
Samuel F. B. Morse, ca. 1870

Portrait of a Young Man, 1840. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Portrait of a Young Man, 1840

Professor Samuel F. B. Morse, LL. D. 1850s. Creator: Unknown
Professor Samuel F. B. Morse, LL.D. 1850s

Samuel F. B. Morse, printers sample for the Worlds Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1888

Mrs. Daniel DeSaussure Bacot, ca. 1820. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Mrs. Daniel DeSaussure Bacot, ca. 1820

Susan Walker Morse (The Muse), ca. 1836-37. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Susan Walker Morse (The Muse), ca. 1836-37

De Witt Clinton, 1826. Creator: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
De Witt Clinton, 1826

Samuel Morse 1791-1872, 1934. Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), American painter and inventor. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter

Transmitting a message, 1894. An operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph. From A Popular History of Science, by Robert Routledge, BSc (Lond.), F.C.S

Samuel Morse (1791-1872), American artist and inventor, 1926. Morse was the inventor of the first functional electric telegraph (1835) and, with Alexander Bain (1810-1977), of the Morse code

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, American inventor, (1934). Morse (1791-1872) was a painter of portraits and historic scenes. It is disputed whether Morse had invented the electrical telegraph in 1837 as

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 19th century American inventor, (1900). Morse (1791-1872) was the inventor of the first functional electric telegraph (1835) and, with Alexander Bain (1810-1977)

Morse telegraph operating room, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1859. From The Telegraph Manual, by TP Shaffner. (New York 1859). Credit Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

Morse telegraphy, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1859. The public reception room where telegraph messages could be sent and received. From The Telegraph Manual by TP Shaffner. (New York 1859)

Samuel Finley Breese Morse, American artist and inventor, 1873. Morse (1791-1872) was the inventor of the first functional electric telegraph (1835) and, with Alexander Bain (1810-1977)

Main station of the Exchange Telegraph Company, London, 1882. An operator receives a message on a ticker-tape machine. A Morse transmitting instrument is connected directly to the Stock Exchange

Operator receiving a message in Morse code on an electric printing telegraph, 1887. In the box under the table are the wet cells (batteries) supplying electricity

Telegraph office, c1900. A man reads a message he has received (left). Inside the office an operator sends a message using a Morse transmitting key (right)

Operator sending a message on a Morse electric printing telegraph, 1887. He is tapping out the message with a key using the code developed by Samuel Morse and Alexander Bain

Morses first telegraph, 1837 (c1900). Artist: Sir John Gilbert
Morses first telegraph, 1837 (c1900). Invented by Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), this was the first functional electric telegraph

Morse electric printing telegraph, c1882. Rear view of the instrument showing the roll of paper for recording messages and the transmitting key at C. D are wet cells (batteries) providing electricity

Magnetism, c1850. Educational plate showing various aspects of magnetism and electromagnetism including a dip needle, compass, the lifting power of an electromagnet (12), Wheatstone telegraph (13)

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