Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1859
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At the time noted photographer Matthew Brady made this image, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) had stopped teaching modern languages at Harvard College and was working full time as a poet.
The image was used as the frontispiece in Vol. III of the Craigie Edition of The Complete Writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an eleven-volume work published in 1879 by Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
Other Information
- Title: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1859
- Creator: Whipple, John
- Creation Date: circa 1859
- Subject Date: circa 1859
- Town: Cambridge
- County: Middlesex
- State: MA
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 11 x 8
- Local Code: Photographs--Longfellow, Henry--without beard
- Object Type: Image
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Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Portrait photographs
Authors, American--Maine
Poets, American--Maine
Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.)
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