My Aunt Matilda is quite fond of this jacket because it offers a new perspective on classic Victorian feminine jackets. She wore this coat for a portrait by Samuel Morse in 1859, years before the Civil War even started and he was gracious enough to allow her to keep it for modelling for him. It is no surprise that Samuel Morse was able to have such fashionably innovative coat constructed because this artist is the same inventory that had the amazing ability to cultivate the telegraph that transmits Morse Code!
