Contributed by NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Description
Mary King Longfellow, a Portland native and daughter of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's younger brother Alexander, was in the regular company of her cousins at Craigie House in Cambridge.
She began to draw at an early age and excelled as a watercolorist. This photograph shows her painting, surrounded by her work.
About This Item
- Title: Mary King Longfellow at her easel, Boston, ca. 1885
- Creation Date: circa 1885
- Subject Date: circa 1885
- Location: Boston, Suffolk County, MA
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: Long 35787
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Longfellow, Mary King, 1852-1945
- Artists
- Artists' studios--Massachusetts--Boston
- Painting
- Women painters
- Longfellow family
- Watercolor painting
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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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