Contributed by NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Description
This image features a statue of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Portland, taken slightly from the right. Longfellow wears a suit and is draped in a cloth, possibly a professor/graduation gown. He has chin-length hair and a full beard.
The photograph is inscribed with "35 [cents]" written in pencil upper right corner verso. "Statue of / H.W. Longfellow / Portland / Me / by Simmons." written in ink in cursive verso. Thomas de Valcourt wrote the return address in pencil verso. "H.W. Shaylor / Photographer / Portland, Maine." is stamped in purple ink. "1888?" is written in pencil in the lower right corner verso.
About This Item
- Title: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow statue, Portland, ca. 1888
- Creator: H.W. Shaylor
- Creation Date: circa 1888
- Subject Date: circa 1888
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Cartes-de-visite
- Local Code: LONG 27886, 3007.1.2.1 #147
- Collection: Longfellow Family Photographs
- Object Type: Image
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- Authors--American
- Bronze Sculpture
- Longfellow Square (Portland, Me.)--Photographs
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Monuments
- Monuments & memorials--Maine--Portland
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For more information about this item, contact:
NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 876-4491
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