Samuel FB Morse was one of the greatest inventors of the 19th century; it was the invention of the single-wire telegraph machine that influenced the industrial revolution in America, and Morse code paved the way for many future innovations. Samuel Morse was not just an inventor; he was also a painter who created works such as The Chapel of the Virgin in Subiaco and The Louvre Gallery 1831-1833 as well as portraits of famous politicians such as John Adams. Samuel FB Morse was born in Charleston, Massachusetts on April 17, 1791. He was the son of geographer and pastor Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Finley Breese. Samuel Morris was originally interested in painting; his paintings usually put more detail on austere facial features and simple clothing. His artistic talent attracted Washington Allston, a famous artist, who invited Morse to travel to England to meet Benjamin West. He subsequently attended the Royal Academy where he studied the neoclassical arts of the Renaissance as interested in the works of Raphael and Michelangelo. Throughout his painting career Morse created works for figures such as James Monroe, president of the United States, and Marquis de Lafayette, one of the greatest supporters of the American Revolution. While painting a portrait of the Marquis De Lafayette, Samuel Morse received a message about his wife's death. When he arrived to care for his sick wife, it was too late because his wife was already dead and buried. Since he was not there to assist his wife during her dying days, he decided to end his career as a painter. and sought to develop technology that could transmit and receive information faster than current methods available during the......middle of paper......53 and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney who did the establishing that Samuel F.B. Morse was the first to combine the power of the electromagnet, electromagnetism, and the battery that powered the telegraph machine. Although the United States did not recognize Samuel Morse's invention, he was rewarded with 400,000 French francs, which amounted to about $80,000 at the time, from Austria, Piedmont, Belgium, France, Russia, Turkey, Tuscany, and Sweden. . On June 10, 1871, a bronze statue of Samuel F.B. Morse was built and placed in New York City's Central Park. There was also an engraving of a portrait of Samuel Morse on the back of the United States two-dollar certificate in 1896. Samuel Morse also developed a marble-cutting machine, but was unable to patent it because he conflicted with Thomas Blanchard's 1820 design.