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An 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.

Albert Bierstadt Painting

August 02, 2019 Posted by: David R. Daly

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.

Longfellow, Bierstadt, Hiawatha