Portrait of a white main. Three-quarter view to subject's left. Balding man with heavy sideburns and whiskers (no hair above or below lips); open coat with velvet lapels and with checked waistcoat visible over a white shirt and dark-colored bow-tie. Head and shoulders silhouetted against blank background.
Three-quarter view to subject's left. Balding man with heavy sideburns and whiskers; open coat with checked waistcoat visible. Head and shoulders silhouetted against blank background. Inscription: "Cruickshank's photograph given / to Longfellow 1868" written in cursive in pencil below image. Photographer stamp with design of crown and ring verso. Notes: C1868. Inscription claims given to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in 1868. Cruickshank is possibly Frederick Cruickshank (1800-1868), a Scottish miniaturist.
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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
Photograph in Longfellow Family Photograph Collection, Subcollection I. Photographs Related to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Frances Elizabeth Appleton Longfellow, Photographs Not in Albums, Photographs Related to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. (3007.001/002
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London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company (1854-1922)
Organization: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Email: LONG_archives@nps.gov