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Identifier: americanencyclop00blak (find matches)
Title: The American encyclopedia of history, biography and travel
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: (Blake, William O.) (from old catalog)
Subjects: World history Biography
Publisher: Columbus, Published by J. & H. Miller
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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afteran expensive and protracted litigation. Professor Morse still clings to theidea of resuming his early profession of painting, to which he is stronglyattached, and in the progress of which he has always taken a deep interest.As an artist, he has always enjoyed a very high reputation. His tastesinclined to historical painting, but circumstances did not often permit himto indulge in it; he was mainly engaged in the painting of portraits. In1820, he painted a large picture of the interior of the house of represen-tatives, with portraits of the members, which passed into the possessionof an English gentleman; and in 1832, while in Paris, he made a beauti-ful picture of the Louvre gallery, copying in miniature the most valuablepaintings. He resides at Locust Grove, two miles south of Poughkeep-sie, on the banks of the Hudson river. M. DAGUERRK This far-famed Frenchman, who has given his name to the art which hefirst discovered, the Daguerreotype, died not long since, at his residence,
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VICTOR HUGO, BIOGKAPHICAL DEPARTMENT. 749 near Paris. The likeness which we present herewith, is from an original,taken after his own style and invention, and is necessarily correct. Itwould be superfluous for us to enlarge upon the merits of an art so familiarto all. Daguerre was an artist, a painter, and also possessed considerablechemical talent and taste; and it was while experimenting for other pur-poses, that he discovered the art which now bears his name. It was des-tined, however, to be wonderfully improved by other hands, and it is saidthat the Americans have produced by far the most perfect and beautifulspecimens of the art that have ever yet been exhibited. Daguerre wasfavorably known to the world before the announcement of his discovery ofthe Daguerreotype. His attempts to improve panoramic paintings, and theproduction of dioramic effects, were crowned with the most eminent suc-cess. His pictures attracted much attention at the time of their exhibi-tion. In them the altern

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