Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is seated, holding a very young baby in his lap. Baby smiles broadly while wearing a long white gown. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's left arm rests on a table. He wears a dark suit and has ear-length white hair and a full white beard.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) and Richard Henry Dana IV (1879-1933) portrait, 1880
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is seated, holding a very young baby in his lap. Baby smiles broadly while wearing a long white gown. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's left arm rests on a table. He wears a dark suit and has ear-length white hair and a full white beard.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is seated, holding very young Richard Henry Dana IV in his lap. Baby smiles broadly while wearing a long white gown. Longfellow rests his left arm on a table.
Inscription: "Henry W. Longfellow / with his oldest grandchild / Richard Henry Dana (4th) / (born Sept. 1, 1879)" written in pencil verso. "([T]aken in 1880) / Please return to / T H. de Valcourt -- Longfellow House / 105 Brattle Street / Cambridge, Massachusetts" written in pencil in Thomas de Valcourt's handwriting.
Notes: [1879-1880]. RHD IV born 1 September 1879. This 20th-century print was probably copied from a cabinet card.
Associated Materials: 3007-1-2-1-109 shows slightly different pose.
Archives Number: 3007.1/2.1#110
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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Code: LONG
Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938

NPS Museum Number Catalog : LONG 27886
Title: Finding Aid for the Longfellow Family Photograph Collection, 1845-1972 (bulk dates 1860-1920)
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#LFP
2015-07-06
01/01/1880 - 12/30/1880
Photograph in Longfellow Family Photograph Collection, Subcollection I. Photographs Related to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Frances Elizabeth Appleton Longfellow, Photographs Not in Albums, Portraits of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (3007.001/002.001)
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James Notman (1849-1932)/attributed
Organization: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: LONG_archives@nps.gov

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