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After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, Samuel Morse (1791—1872) contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of Morse code in 1837 and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy. The portrait of Susan Walker Morse (1819—1885), the eldest daughter of the artist and inventor, was painted during the crucial years of the invention of Morse’s telegraph (c. 1830s). The painting shows the girl at about the age of seventeen, sitting with a sketchbook in her lap and pencil in hand with her eyes raised in contemplation. Although traditionally described as a Muse, the figure is more likely a personification of the art of drawing. Samuel Morse, Susan Walker Morse (The Muse), c. 1836–37, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY @metmuseum #portraitpainting #morsecode #art #paintings #paintingdetail #metmuseum #arthistory #19thcenturypainting #dresses #historicalfashion #classicart #drawing #arte #muse #artinspiration #artgallery #artmuseum #aesthetics #arthistorydiary #artblog #artblogger Source: metmuseum.org