Mar 23, 2010 - Sale 2208

Sale 2208 - Lot 57

Price Realized: $ 4,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
WITH MORSE'S SIGNATURE GOODRICH, C.P.
Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872), inventor of the Morse code and a painter of American scenes. Varnished salted paper print, 8x6 inches (20.3x15.2 cm.), flush mounted, with Morse's name (trimmed), written on a label, in the negative and Cornelia P. Goodrich's name with Pókeepsie [sic], in ink, on mount verso; accompanied by a paper remnant with Morse's signature, in ink. Circa 1855

Additional Details

The Photograph and the American Dream 1840-1940, 62.