Lucia Longfellow in grandmother's dress, 1883
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Mary King Longfellow (1852-1945) sketched her younger sister, Lucia Longfellow, wearing their grandmother Zilpah's silk dress, seated in an eighteenth-century chair in the Wadsworth Longfellow House.
Mary and Lucia were daughters of Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, brother of the poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Other Information
- Title: Lucia Longfellow in grandmother's dress, 1883
- Creator: Longfellow, Mary King
- Creation Date: 1883-07-04
- Subject Date: 1883-07-04
- Town: Portland
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Watercolor on paper
- Local Code: Long 18701
- 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, Mary King, 1852-1945
Longfellow family
Children's art
Drawings
Paintings
Barrett, Lucia Wadsworth Longfellow, 1859-1940
Longfellow, Zilpah Wadsworth, 1778-1851
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Family
People
Longfellow, Lucia Wadsworth
Barrett, Lucia Wadsworth Longfellow
Longfellow, Mary King
Longfellow, Zilpah Wadsworth
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