Samuel F.B. Morse, educator and champion of the arts in America.
Contributors: National Academy of Design (U.S.); Mount Holyoke College. Art Museum.
Publisher: National Academy of Design
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York, N.Y. (1083 Fifth Ave., New York 10028)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 -- Exhibitions.; Art, American -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.; Nationalism and art -- United States -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Exhibition held at the National Academy of Design, Sept. 20-Nov. 18, 1982, and at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Mar. 30-May 8, 1983.
Table of contents: title: Ideology and politics in Samuel F.B. Morse's agenda for a national art / by Paul J. Staiti; title: "To enlighten the public mind,...to make the way easier for those who come after me"; title: Samuel Morse as a writer and lecturer / by Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr.; title: Catalogue; title: A checklist of books donated to the National Academy Library by Samuel F.B. Morse.