Marquis de Lafayette | |
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Artist | Samuel F. B. Morse |
Year | 1825 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 66.04 cm × 90.8 cm (26.00 in × 35.7 in) |
Location | Crystal Bridges Museum, Bentonville, Arkansas |
Marquis de Lafayette (or Portrait of La Fayette) was painted in 1825 by Samuel Morse. Mostly known for his invention of the electric telegraph, Morse was also an artist and a professor of painting and sculpture at the University of the City of New York.