Art, literature & history
Joseph Gales
1821/1822
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- overall: 13.97 × 8.89 cm (5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.) framed: 26.04 × 22.54 × 5.08 cm (10 1/4 × 8 7/8 × 2 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2014.136.72
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Samuel F. B. Morse. Joseph Gales. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Joseph Gales — Samuel F. B. Morse. 1821/1822.
Medium: oil on wood.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 13.97 × 8.89 cm (5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in.) framed: 26.04 × 22.54 × 5.08 cm (10 1/4 × 8 7/8 × 2 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2014.136.72. Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund, 1951).
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.