778461 Samuel F.B. Morse, 1866 (b/w photo) by Brady, Mathew (1823-96); Private Collection; (add.info.: Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) was an American painter who turned inventor. He contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, was a co-inventor of the Morse code, and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy. Medals worn (from wearer\'s right to left, top row: Nichan Iftikhar (Ottoman); Order of the Tower and Sword (Portugal); Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark); Gold Medal of Art and Science (W羹rttemberg); Gold Medal of Science (Austria); Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy). Bottom row: Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain).); American, out of copyright.