Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Medium
Daguerreotype
Dimensions
10.8 x 8.3 cm (4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of I. N. Phelps Stokes, Edward S. Hawes, Alice Mary Hawes, and Marion Augusta Hawes, 1937
Accession Number
37.14.31
Tags
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About this artwork
This photographs exemplifies the artistic traditions of its period. Created ca. 1850, it demonstrates the daguerreotype technique characteristic of its era.
About the Artist
Albert Sands Southworth|Josiah Johnson Hawes|Southworth and Hawes (American|American) · 1811 |1843 –1894 |1863
American, West Fairlee, Vermont 1811–1894 Charlestown, Massachusetts|American, active 1843–1863