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He painted this. His friend James Fennimore Cooper was often sitting with him while he was painting.

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(That is actually Cooper and his family in the corner under the urn. Morse’s self portrait is looking over the lady’s shoulder at a print.)

[A'elian' nation]

David Mcollough’s latest book THE GREATER JOURNEY is an enjoyable read about Americans living in Paris from the 1830’s to 1900, and tells the story of this picture. I had no idea that Morse was such a great artist before he turned inventor.