Manuscript letter with pasted-in photograph print of a man wearing a suit jacket and seated in a chair, looking towards picture right.
Select Item below to DOWNLOAD - Once item is selected, right click and choose 'save as'
c9021b39-9757-40f3-adc0-5825d5271233
Robert Browning to Albert Bierstadt, 2 July 1868
Manuscript letter with pasted-in photograph print of a man wearing a suit jacket and seated in a chair, looking towards picture right.
Accepts invitation to meet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on July 9; mourning stationery; with photograph of Browning on verso. Photograph print created by London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company [often referred to as London Stereoscopic Company].

[Albert Bierstadt's July 9, 1868 dinner at the Langham Hotel, London was held to honor Longfellow on his Grand Tour of Europe and to gift him Bierstadt's painting "The Departure of Hiawatha."]
No transcription is available for this letter. Contact LONG_archives@nps.gov to learn about volunteering to transcribe.
Archives Number: 1002/9.3-022#001
U. S. National Park Service
Permission must be secured from the individual copyright owners to reproduce any copyrighted materials contained within this website.
Courtesy of National Park Service, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site; Archives Number 1002/9.3-022#001
Public domain
Image
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 Catalog Number : LONG 18441
NPS Museum Catalog Number : LONG 17314
Title: Finding Aid to the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana (1881-1950) Papers, 1744-1972 (bulk dated: 1850-1950)
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#HWLD
2022/10/24
07/02/1868
Manuscript letter in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers, Series IX. Collected Materials, C. Miscellaneous Famous People. (1002/9.3-022#001)
Robert Browning (1812-1889)
London Stereoscopic Company
Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)
Organization: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Email: LONG_archives@nps.gov

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 12:39:09 AM
Wednesday, February 21, 2024 12:39:09 AM
1002-9-3-022 02.jpg
jpg
1.9 MB
Historic