Susan Walker Morse (The Muse) — Samuel F. B. Morse

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Artist: Samuel F. B. Morse
Date: 1833
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions: 73 3/4 x 57 5/8 in. (187.3 x 146.4 cm)
Collection: The American Wing
Culture: American
Credit line: Bequest of Herbert L. Pratt, 1945

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