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Table 1 List of samples with corresponding descriptions and sampling sites (samples S7 and S9 are missing due to sample misnumbering)

From: The Samuel F. B. Morse statue in Central Park: scientific study and laser cleaning of a 19th-century American outdoor bronze monument

Number

Description

Location

S1

Scraping of corrosion products

Inner portion of mantle at bottom, below proper right hand

S2

Scraping of corrosion products

Inner portion of coat at proper left

S3

Scraping of organic coatings

Area underneath telegraph, below proper left thumb

S4

Scraping of corrosion products

Inner portion of mantle at lower proper right

S5

Scraping of corrosion products

Inner portion of mantle in between legs

S6

Scraping of corrosion products

Inner portion of mantle at lower proper right

S8

Scraping of corrosion products

Inner portion of coat at proper right

S10

Scraping of corrosion products

Area above proper left knee at front

S11

Scraping of corrosion products

Area from proper right thigh at front

S12

Fragment of metal alloy for cross section

Area of internal crease of the mantle at top back

S13

Scraping of corrosion products

Surface of pedestal, proper left front corner

S14

Scraping of corrosion products

Area of proper left coat, above first button

S15

Scraping of corrosion products

Area of coat, over proper left shoulder blade at back