Lucia Longfellow in grandmother's dress, 1883

Contributed by NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

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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.

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  • Title: Lucia Longfellow in grandmother's dress, 1883
  • Creator: Mary King Longfellow
  • Creation Date: 1883-07-04
  • Subject Date: 1883-07-04
  • Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
  • Media: Watercolor on paper
  • Local Code: Long 18701
  • Object Type: Image

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