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1905

  • Work on this object ended.

1942

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Hand with a Brush, Probably for Portrait of Samuel Morse, ca. 1900

This is a Drawing. It was created by Daniel Huntington and sitter: Samuel Finley Breese Morse. It is dated ca. 1900 and we acquired it in 1942. Its medium is graphite and white chalk on light blue paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

29.8 × 22.8 cm (11 3/4 × 9 in.)

It is inscribed

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, below: from C. Vanderbilt portrait / Chamber of Commerce

Cite this object as

Drawing, Hand with a Brush, Probably for Portrait of Samuel Morse, ca. 1900; Daniel Huntington (American, 1816–1906); Sitter: Samuel Finley Breese Morse (American 1791-1872); USA; graphite and white chalk on light blue paper; 29.8 × 22.8 cm (11 3/4 × 9 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1942-50-374

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