Mrs. Daniel DeSaussure Bacot — Samuel F. B. Morse

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Artist: Samuel F. B. Morse
Date: 1817
Medium: Oil on canvas
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions: 30 x 24 3/4 in. (76.2 x 62.9 cm)
Collection: The American Wing
Culture: American
Credit line: Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1930

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