Marquis de Lafayette (or Portrait of La Fayette) is an oil on canvas painting by Samuel Morse, from 1825.

Mostly known for his invention of the telegraph, Morse was also an artist and a professor of painting and sculpture at the University of the City of New York.

[2] The sketch focused on capturing a portrait of Lafayette during his brief visits to New York City from 1824–25.

This is the man... who spent his youth, his fortune, and his time, to bring about (under Providence) our happy Revolution; the friend and companion of [George] Washington, terror of tyrants, the firm and consistent supporter of liberty, the man whose beloved name has rung from one end of the continent to the other, whom all flock to see, whom all delight to honor.

"[9] A few decades later the painting was donated to the New York Public Library, where it was displayed and periodically loaned out to other museums.