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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 27 Feb 1807 - 24 Mar 1882
Date
c. 1863
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image/Sheet: 6 × 4.3 cm (2 3/8 × 1 11/16")
Mount: 10.4 × 6.4 cm (4 1/8 × 2 1/2")
Topic
Interior
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie\Bowtie
Photographic format\Carte-de-visite
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Muttonchops
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Male
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Literature\Writer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Literature\Writer\Poet
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Professor\College
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Translator
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Society and Social Change\Reformer\Abolitionist
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Literature\Writer\Playwright
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Education and Scholarship\Scholar\Linguist
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Librarian
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Forrest H. Kennedy
