Subjects – Apotheosis of George Washington
Inventor Samuel Morse sent the first official telegraph from the Supreme Court Chamber
May 24, 1844
On this date, surrounded by an audience of Congressmen, inventor Samuel Morse sent the first official telegraph from the Supreme Court Chamber (then located in the Capitol) to his partner, Alfred Vail, in Baltimore.
The Apotheosis of George Washington
January 17, 1866
On this date, Constantino Brumidi’s fresco, The Apotheosis of George Washington, was first reviewed in the National Intelligencer.