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Summary

English: Three Longfellow Daughters by Thomas Buchanan Read, 1859
Photographer
English: Museum Collection (LONG 4324)
Title
English: Three Longfellow Daughters by Thomas Buchanan Read, 1859
Description
English:

Portrait of three girls in white off-shoulder dresses and colored sashes embracing each other

This triple portrait of his daughters was painted for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in June 1859. Alice Longfellow, 8, is at top, Edith Longfellow, 5, is at left "with golden hair," and Annie Allegra Longfellow, 3, is at right in red. The image, associated with Longfellow's poem "The Children's Hour," was widely reproduced for public consumption during the 19th century.

*Subject: This triple portrait of his daughters was painted for Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in June 1859. Alice Longfellow, 8, is at top, Edith Longfellow, 5, is at left "with golden hair," and Annie Allegra Longfellow, 3, is at right in red. The image, associated with Longfellow's poem "The Children's Hour," was widely reproduced for public consumption during the 19th century.

  • Keywords: art; long00004324; painting; portrait; literature; poetry; Longfellow; Alice Mary Longfellow; Edith Longfellow Dana; Anne Allegra Longfellow Thorp; oil painting; LONG 4324
Depicted place
English: Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Date 1859
date QS:P571,+1859-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Accession number
Source
English: NPGallery
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Collector
InfoField
English: Frank Ruggles
Contacts
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English: Organization: Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Address: 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
NPS Unit Code
InfoField
LONG
ANCS-plus (Museum Management catalog)
InfoField
LONG 4324
Source Provenance
InfoField
English: This image was captured during the WASO funded Digital Imaging Project aimed at increasing access to NPS collections through digital photography. http://www.nps.gov/hfc/products/cons/museum-mgmt.htm
Album(s)
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English: Artwork in the Longfellow Dining Room; Oil Paintings in the Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters NHS Collection

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Painting of three Longfellow daughters by Thomas Buchanan Read, 1859

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