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Description
Henry Wadsworth (1785-1804), for whom the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was named, sketched Tripoli, North Africa, in 1804 while serving in the U.S. Navy.
Wadsworth was killed when a bomb ship he and others manned exploded prematurely.
About This Item
- Title: Ink sketch of Tripoli, 1804
- Creator: Henry Wadsworth
- Creation Date: 1804
- Subject Date: 1804
- Location: Tripoli, Libya
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 15 cm x 28 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 185, Box 9/12
- Collection: Longfellow family papers
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- United States--History--Tripolitan War, 1801-1805
- Africa, North--History--1517-1882
- United States. Navy--History
- Tripoli (Libya)
- Longfellow family
- Wadsworth, Henry, 1785-1804
- Drawings
- Libya--History--1551-1912
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