Samuel Finley Breese Morse — Horatio Greenough

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Artist: Horatio Greenough
Date: 1831
Medium: Painted plaster
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions: 22 x 11 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (55.9 x 29.2 x 16.5 cm)
Collection: The American Wing
Culture: American
Credit line: Museum Accession

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