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Morse, Samuel F. B. (1791-1872) - Rare carte-de-visite photograph signed
Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American painter and inventor. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system andwas a co-developer of the Morse code.
Rare carte-de-visite photograph signed \"Saml. F.B. Morse\". Carte-de-visite photograph, 2.5 x 4.25 inch, no place, no date. A seated portrait by Bogardus Photographer in New York (and so printed on the reverse), signed on verso in black ink. The photograph has some minor damages, but is otherwise still an outstanding piece with a fine signature. Morse is rare in signed photographs.
COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY BY ANDREAS WIEMER HISTORICAL AUTOGRAPHS. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.
I started collecting autographs of famous personalities as a teenager in 1985. During the last 20 years I’m specialized in buying and selling rare historical autographs, documents and manuscripts. My large reference library includes all the standard works with more than 100 books on the subject. I’m a member of all major autograph organizations (PADA - Professional Autograph Dealers Association, Manuscript Society and so on) and the author of several published articles and reference books incl. the standard works: “John F. Kennedy - autograph study” and “Presidents of the United States - AUTOPEN GUIDE”.
