Contributed by NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Description
This double portrait of Henry Longfellow's two sons, Charles and Earnest, ages 4 and 3, respectively, is one of several drawings of Longfellow family members and friends done by Eastman Johnson in the 1840s. This portrait has been hanging in the same spot on the west wall of the parlor of the Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House at least since 1860.
About This Item
- Title: Charles and Ernest Longfellow, 1848
- Creator: Eastman Johnson
- Creation Date: 1848
- Subject Date: 1848
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Locations:
- Boston, Suffolk County, MA
- Cambridge, Middlesex County, MA
- Media: Colored chalk on wove paper
- Dimensions: 76.2 cm x 67.3 cm
- Local Code: LONG 546
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Drawings
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Family
- Families
- Longfellow family
- Children
- Longfellow, Charles Appleton--Portrait photographs
- Longfellow, Ernest Wadsworth, 1845-1921--Portrait photographs
People
For more information about this item, contact:
NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 876-4491
Website
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Letter from Santa to Charles & Ernest Longfellow, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1853
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