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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) portrait sculpture, 1884

Photograph of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow portrait bust carved in white material. Bust is attached to a stone wall. There is a pedestal beneath it also attached to the wall. Longfellow looks to be wearing a graduation gown. His hair and full beard are carved in detail.

Photograph of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow portrait bust in Westminster Abbey.
Inscription: "Minnie Puleston / May 23rd 1884" written in ink verso. Inscription on statue: "LONGFELLOW / This bust was placed amongst the memorials of the poets of England by the English admirers of an American poet / 1884"
Notes: [1884]. Assumed photographed before May 1884 inscription.

Archives Number: 3007.1/2.1#098

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Photographs Related to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Frances Elizabeth Appleton Longfellow (3007.001), (LONG-Subcollection)
, Photographs Not in Albums (3007.001/002), (LONG-SeriesName)
, Portraits of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (3007.001/002.001), (LONG-SubseriesName)

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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

Longfellow Family Photograph Collection (3007)

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

01/01/1884 - 12/30/1884

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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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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