Read The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris Online
Authors: David Mccullough
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145
“perfectly charming”:
Ibid., 177.
145
“cold”:
Ibid., 175, 179.
146
“Healy is an excellent fellow”:
Appleton,
Life and Letters of Thomas Gold Appleton
, 243–44.
146
“a rather better place”:
Healy,
Reminiscences of a Portrait Painter
, 50.
146
In 1842, at the request of the king:
Ibid., 121.
146
When the king and others:
De Mare,
G. P. A. Healy, American Artist
, 111.
146
“a magnificent-looking man”:
Healy,
Reminiscences of a Portrait Painter
, 163.
146
In the spring of 1845:
Ibid., 139.
147
“Can’t sit, sir”:
Ibid.
147
The visitor from Paris:
Ibid., 141, 144, 145.
147
From Tennessee:
Ibid., 145.
147
It seemed odd:
Ibid., 153–54.
147
“Brush them off on one side”:
Ibid., 156.
148
“I was but a small boy then”:
Ibid., 154.
148
“In those far-away days”:
Ibid., 160.
148
“Having been delayed”:
Prime,
The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
, 358.
148
“The beauty of the Seine”: New York Herald
, September 18, 1838.
148
Morse thought their hotel:
Prime,
The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
, 359.
149
“You cannot know the depth”:
Ibid., 361.
149
He welcomed the prospect:
Silverman,
Lightning Man
, 129–32.
149
Moreover, to his extreme embarrassment:
Ibid., 122.
149
A new position as professor:
Ibid., 124.
149
carrying in his groceries after dark:
Morse,
Samuel F. B. Morse: His Letters and Journals
, Vol. II, 43.
149
For a long time:
Cooper,
Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper
, Vol. I, 80, 143–44.
149
“historical edifice”:
Ibid., 80.
149
Morse had joined in the Nativist movement:
Silverman,
Lightning Man
, 139.
150
“The serpent has already commenced”:
Ibid., 135.
150
Mr. Morse is a scholar and a gentleman: New York Commercial Advertiser
, April 19, 1836.
150
But when word reached Morse:
Silverman,
Lightning Man
, 144–45.
150
“Dismiss it then from your mind”:
Prime,
The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
, 290.
151
He “staggered under the blow”:
Silverman,
Lightning Man
, 145.
151
“quite ill”:
Cooper,
Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper
, Vol. III, 259.
151
“divine authorization”:
Silverman,
Lightning Man
, 145.
151
“Painting has been a smiling mistress”:
Morse,
Samuel F. B. Morse: His Letters and Journals
, Vol. II, 31.
151
He must attend to one thing:
Ibid., Vol. I, 3.
151
The apparatus he had devised:
Ibid., Vol. II, 38–39.
151
“so rude”:
Ibid., 42.
151
His chief problem:
Ibid., 54–55.
151
By increasing the power:
Silverman,
Lightning Man
, 160.
152
A physician from Boston:
Ibid., 153, 156.
152
“mutual discovery”:
Ibid., 156.
152
“I cannot conceive of”:
Prime,
The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
, 380.
152
And for this reason:
Cooper,
Letters and Journals of James Fenimore Cooper
, Vol. VI, 43.
152
Morse sent a preliminary request:
Silverman,
Lightning Man
, 159, 161, 163, 164.
152
In a larger space:
Ibid., 165–66.
152
“write at a distance”:
Prime,
The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
, 337.
152
They set up their apparatus:
Silverman,
Lightning Man
, 168, 169.
153
The wonder of Morse’s invention:
Ibid., 169.
153
Yet Morse felt he must have government support:
Morse,
Samuel F. B. Morse: His Letters and Journals
, Vol. II, 92.
153
“The ground of objection”:
Prime,
The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
, 358.
153
Paris was to treat him better:
Ibid., 360.
153
For the sake of economy:
Ibid., 362.
153
“great inventors who are generally permitted”:
Morse,
Samuel F. B. Morse: His Letters and Journals
, Vol. II, 107.
153
“levee day”:
Ibid., 107.
154
“the grand exhibitor”:
Prime,
The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
, 362.
154
I explained the principles:
Ibid., 362.
154
“So you want to be an artist?”:
Healy,
Reminiscences of a Portrait Painter
, 34–35.
155
“wonderful discovery”:
Silverman,
Lightning Man
, 188.
155
“He gave it a thorough examination”:
Prime,
The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
, 363.
155
“My present instrument”:
Ibid., 363.
155
The savants of the Académie convened:
Silverman,
Lightning Man
, 179.
155
“in the midst of the most celebrated”:
Prime,
The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
, 365.
155
There was not a familiar face:
Ibid., 364–65.
155
“A buzz of admiration”:
Ibid., 365.
155
The event was acclaimed in the Paris:
Silverman,
Lightning Man
, 179.
155
Comptes Rendus: Prime,
The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
, 366.
156
“transcends all yet made known”:
Ibid., 368.
156
“another revolution is at hand”:
Ibid., 369.
156
I do not doubt:
Ibid.
156
“In being abroad”:
Ibid., 368.
156
“most flattering”:
Ibid., 370.
156
“Everything moves at a snail’s pace”:
Ibid., 371.
156
“Dilatoriness”:
Ibid., 374.
157
“There is more of the ‘go-ahead’ ”:
Ibid., 377.
157
By March:
Silverman,
Lightning Man
, 189.
157
paid a visit to Monsieur Louis Daguerre:
Prime,
The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
, 389–90.
157
“I am told every hour”:
Ibid., 388.
157
Skilled in theatrical lighting:
Ibid., 15–17.
157
“flocking”:
Ibid., 18.
158
“We cannot sufficiently urge”:
Ibid.
158
Years before:
Silverman,
Lightning Man
, 189.
158
“one of the most beautiful discoveries”:
Morse,
Samuel F. B. Morse: His Letters and Journals
, Vol. II, 129.
158
They are produced on a metallic:
Gernsheim and Gernsheim,
L. J. M. Daguerre: The History of the Diorama and the Daguerreotype
, 89.
158
Morse stayed:
Ibid., 90.
159
Morse’s account of his visit:
Ibid., 129.
159
Once Morse arrived back in New York:
Prime,
The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
, 394.
159
“throughout the United States your name”:
Gernsheim and Gernsheim,
L. J. M. Daguerre: The History of the Diorama and the Daguerreotype
, 129.
159
With help from a professor of chemistry:
Ibid., 132.
159
Four years later, in July of 1844: Galignani’s Messenger
, July 12, 1844.
159
“What hath God wrought!”:
Morse,
Samuel F. B. Morse: His Letters and Journals
, Vol. II, 222.