Charles and Ernest Longfellow
Contributed by Longfellow National Historic Site
Item 15920
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This double portrait of Henry Longfellow's two sons, ages 4 and 3 respectively, is one of several drawings of Longfellow family members and friends done by Eastman Johnson in the 1840s. This portrait has been hanging in the same spot on the west wall of the parlor of the Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House at least since 1860.
Other Information
- Title: Charles and Ernest Longfellow
- Creator: Johnson, Eastman
- Creation Date: 1848
- Subject Date: 1848
- Town: Boston, Cambridge
- County: Middlesex, Suffolk
- State: MA
- Media: colored chalk on wove paper
- Dimensions (cm): 76.2 x 67.3
- Local Code: LONG 546
- Object Type: Image
For more information about this item, contact:
Longfellow National Historic Site
105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 876-4491
http://www.nps.gov/long/
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LC Subject Headings
Longfellow, Charles Appleton--Portrait photographs
Longfellow, Ernest Wadsworth, 1845-1921--Portrait photographs
Children
Longfellow family
Families
Drawings
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Family
People
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