Harvard Art Museums > S33: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) (Hiram Powers)(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) , S33,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, May 03, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/303566. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number S33 People Hiram Powers, American (Woodstock, NY 1805 - 1873 Florence, Italy) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882) Title Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture, bust Date 1869 Places Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/303566 Physical Descriptions Medium Marble Technique Carved Dimensions 62.2 x 41 x 24 cm (24 1/2 x 16 1/8 x 9 7/16 in.) framed: 142.2 x 41.9 x 33 cm (56 x 16 1/2 x 13 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: left shoulder: H Powers/ Sculp inscription: base: Henry W. Longfellow./1807-1882/by H. Powers. Provenance Recorded Ownership History Purchased from the sculptor by Mrs. Mary Longfellow Greenleaf (sister of the poet), 1870. Descended in family to daughters (Miss Alice M. Longfellow, Miss Lucia W. Longfellow, and Mrs. Annie Longfellow Thorp) of the sitter, 1902. Their gift to Harvard University 1903. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Miss Alice M. Longfellow, Miss Lucia W. Longfellow, and Mrs. Annie L. Thorp, in fulfillment of the desire of the late Mrs. May Longfellow Greenleaf, sister of H.W. Longfellow, 1903 Object Number S33 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Wayne Craven, Sculpture in America, Thomas Y. Crowell Company (New York, NY, 1968), p. 122 Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, Peter G. Huenink, Earl A. Powell III, Harry Z. Rand, and Nanette C. Sexton, American Art at Harvard, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1972), cat. 60, ill. Richard P. Wunder, Hiram Powers: Vermont Sculptor, 1805-1873, Vol. II, University of Delaware Press/ Associated University Presses (Newark DE/London and Toronto, 1991), p. 64- 65, cat. 67, ill. Timothy Anglin Burgard, "Edmonia Lewis and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Images and Identities", brochure, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1995), pp. 11-12, cat. 49 Exhibition History American Art at Harvard, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1972 - 06/18/1972 Edmonia Lewis and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Images and Identities, Fogg Art Museum, 02/18/1995 - 05/03/1995 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
