The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris (90 page)

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.