About This BlogAn archive of objects from the museum collections at Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site that have been previously featured on the site's "Object of the Month" web site. Thomas Gold Appleton Autumn Landscape
October 30, 2024
Painting of an autumn landscape by Thomas Gold Appleton. Stephen Longfellow's Inkstand
September 26, 2024
A pewter inkstand that belonged to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's brother Stephen, inscribed with Stephen's name and the date "1818". Prince of Mantua and Montferrat Medal
April 01, 2024
An honorary medal awarded to Henry W. Longfellow by Charles Ottley Groom Napier, the self-styled Prince of Mantua and Montferrat. Poison Children's Book
February 27, 2024
An 1850 edition of "A Treasury of Pleasure Books for Young Children", with a bright green, and possibly toxic, cover. Winter Scene Watercolor
January 31, 2024
A watercolor of a winter scene by Edith Longfellow, aged 9. Siege of Paris Souvenir
October 02, 2023
A souvenir from the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. Children's Book Illustrated by Eleanor Vere Boyle
August 30, 2023
A Victorian era children's book illustrated by Eleanor Vere Boyle. A Set of 19th Century Dentures
April 04, 2023
A set of 19th century dentures with a gold plate and false teeth. Bronze Crane Japanese Incense Burner
March 01, 2023
A Japanese bronze incense burner in the form of a crane. An 1870 musical arrangement of Henry W. Longfellow's poem "Snow Flakes".
February 02, 2023
Sheet music of Henry W. Longfellow's poem "Snow Flakes" arranged in 1870. "The Midnight Ride of Santa Claus" Printing Block
January 09, 2023
A printing block made to illustrate Harry Dana's parody of Longfellow's poem "Paul Revere's Ride". Mechanical Walking Doll
September 30, 2022
A mechanical walking doll toy made by Ives and Blakeslee. Federal Period Fire Screen Panel
July 29, 2022
A Federal period fire screen panel featuring a silk peacock design. Frances Longfellow Summer Sketch
July 30, 2021
A sketch by Frances Appleton Longfellow of children on a summer day in western Massachusetts. Longfellow's Copy of The Compleat Angler
April 30, 2021
Henry W. Longfellow's copy of the fishing treatise "The Compleat Angler". Harriet Spelman Longfellow Painting
April 01, 2021
An 1899 watercolor of an Italian landscape by Harriet Spelman Longfellow. Fulper Pottery Flower Frog
February 01, 2021
An early 20th century Fulper Pottery flower frog in the form of a duck. Wayside Inn Painting
February 28, 2020
A nineteenth century painting of the Wayside Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts. Henry W. Longfellow Report Card
September 03, 2019
A Louis XIV style boullework clock given to the Longfellows as a gift by Thomas Gold Appleton. Albert Bierstadt Painting
August 02, 2019
Albert Bierstadt's painting of The Departure of Hiawatha from Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha, showing Hiawatha paddling a canoe into the sunset. |
Last updated: April 30, 2013
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