The Muse
Object Details
- Credit Line
- Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Data Source
- Catalog of American Portraits
- Date
- 1836-37
- Object number
- 45.62.1 MMA
- Artist
- Samuel Finley Breese Morse, 27 Apr 1791 - 2 Apr 1872
- Sitter
- Susan Walker Morse, 1818/9 - 1885
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 186.2 x 145.4 cm (73 5/16 x 57 1/4 in. )
- See more items in
- Catalog of American Portraits
- Former Title
- Portrait of a Lady
- Artist's Daughter
- Topic
- Nature & Environment\Clouds
- Art implements
- Container\Urn
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Stool
- Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pencil
- Imaginary
- Home Furnishings\Curtain
- Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair\Chaise longue
- Susan Walker Morse: Female
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_45.62.1_MMA
- Usage
- Not determined
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