Frances Appleton Longfellow by Rowse, 1859
Contributed by Longfellow National Historic Site
Item 15474
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Description
This portrait of Fanny Appleton Longfellow, Henry's second wife, was done by Samuel Rowse in 1859. The drawing hangs, as it did when Henry was alive, over the fireplace in the Gold Ring Room, Henry Longfellow's bedroom at Craigie House in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This is the portrait of Fanny to which Longfellow referred in his poem "The Cross of Snow."
Other Information
- Title: Frances Appleton Longfellow by Rowse, 1859
- Creator: Samuel Worcester Rowse
- Creation Date: 1859
- Subject Date: 1859
- Town: Cambridge
- County: Middlesex
- State: MA
- Media: chalk on paper
- Dimensions (cm): 62.8 x 50.8
- Local Code: LONG 2895
- 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, Henry Wadworth, 1807-1886--Family
Longfellow, Fanny Appleton, 1817-1861 --Portraits
Drawings
People
Fannie Appleton Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Other Keywords
The Cross of Snow , Poems , Wives
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