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Description
Alexander W. Longfellow Jr. drew a sketch for the garden gate at the Wadsworth-Longfellow House in Portland.
The house was the childhood home of the artist's father and the artist's uncle, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
A note on the back of the sketch reads, "This was the original sketch of the A. W. Longfellow Gate given to me by Mr. Longfellow in late June 1924.
About This Item
- Title: Garden gate sketch, Portland, 1924
- Creator: Alexander W. Longfellow Jr.
- Creation Date: 1924
- Subject Date: 1924
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Pencil on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 1936, Box 17/10
- Collection: Longfellow Garden Club records at Maine Historical Society
- Object Type: Text and Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Decoration and ornament, Architectural
- Gates
- Children
- Architectural decorations & ornaments--Maine--Portland
- Historic gardens--Maine--Portland
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House (Portland, Me.)
- Longfellow, A.W. (Alexander Wadsworth), 1854-1934
- Drawings
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882
- Gardens--Maine--Portland
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For more information about this item, contact:
Longfellow Garden Clubc/o Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 433-0427
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