Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ca. 1842
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Maine Historical Society
Franquinet drew several versions of his portrait of Longfellow.
This lithograph, which is based on Franquinet's earlier portrait, is dated 1842 and appeared in Graham's Magazine, which featured the works of important contemporary writers and poets.
In the 1840s, Longfellow published many more works, including Poems on Slavery (1842), the anthology The Poets and Poetry of Europe (1845), Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (1847) and the novel Kavanagh (1849).
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