Historic events witnessed by Morse.—Rumors of revolution.—Danger to
foreigners.—Coronation of the new Pope.—Pleasant experience.—Cause of
the revolution a mystery.—Bloody plot foiled.—Plans to leave for
Florence.—Sends casts, etc., to National Academy of Design.—Leaves
Rome.—Dangers of the journey.—Florence.—Description of meeting Prince
Radziwill in Coliseum at Rome.—Copies portraits of Rubens and Titian in
Florence.—Leaves Florence for Venice.—Disagreeable voyage on the Po.—
Venice, beautiful but smelly.—Copies Tintoret's "Miracle of the Slave."
—Thunderstorms.—Reflections on the Fourth of July.—Leaves Venice.—
Recoaro.—Milan.—Reflections on Catholicism and art.—Como and
Maggiore.—The Rigi.—Schaffhausen and Heidelberg.—Evades the quarantine
on French border.—Thrilling experience.—Paris
CHAPTER XIX
SEPTEMBER 18, 1831—SEPTEMBER 21, 1832
Takes rooms with Horatio Greenough.—Political talk with Lafayette.— Riots in Paris.—Letters from Greenough.—Bunker Hill Monument.—Letters from Fenimore Cooper.—Cooper's portrait by Verboeckhoven.—European criticisms.—Reminiscences of R.W. Habersham.—Hints of an electric telegraph.—Not remembered by Morse.—Early experiments in photography.— Painting of the Louvre.—Cholera in Paris.—Baron von Humboldt.—Morse presides at Fourth of July dinner.—Proposes toast to Lafayette.—Letter to New York "Observer" on Fenimore Cooper.—Also on pride in American citizenship.—Works with Lafayette in behalf of Poles.—Letter from Lafayette.—Morse visits London before sailing for home.—Sits to Leslie for head of Sterne
CHAPTER XX
Morse's life almost equally divided into two periods, artistic and scientific.—Estimate of his artistic ability by Daniel Huntington.—Also by Samuel Isham.—His character as revealed by his letters, notes, etc.— End of Volume I
ILLUSTRATIONS
MORSE THE ARTIST (Photogravure)
Painted by himself in London about 1814.
HOUSE IN WHICH MORSE WAS BORN, IN CHARLESTOWN, MASS.
REV. JEDEDIAH MORSE AND S. F. B. MORSE—ELIZABETH ANN MORSE AND SIDNEY
E. MORSE
From portraits by a Mr. Sargent, who also painted portraits of the
Washington family.