Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
The Executive Committee of the Longfellow Memorial Fund in London wrote to the Maine Historical Society in Portland about its donation of a copy of the bust of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that the London group installed at Westminster Abbey.
Thomas Brock created to sculpture was placed 'amongst the memorials of British Worthies in Poets Corner Westminster Abbey."
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About This Item
- Title: Longfellow bust gift, London, 1884
- Creator: Executive Committee of the Longfellow Memorial Fund
- Creation Date: 1884
- Subject Date: 1884
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Locations:
- London, England
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 110
- Collection: Records of the Maine Historical Society
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
- Gifts
- Letters
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Commemoration
- Maine Historical Society
- Poets' Corner (Westminster Abbey)
- Sculptures
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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