He invented Morse code, but he also painted. For example:
Above is one of his two most famous pictures, commissioned (but never paid for) by Congress; below is the other:
After the jump, some of his portraits.
A child and her cat:
Little Miss Hone
His mother:
Elizabeth Morse
“The Muse,” a.k.a. his wife Susan:
Susan Walker Morse
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/ October 8, 2008Morse’s use of red, gold, and black is spell-binding!
acilius
/ October 8, 2008It certainly is. He also seems genuinely to have liked women, I think these three portraits show that.