Highlights from the Museum Collections

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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.

Print of James Hamilton's Painting "Tegner's Drapa"

November 24, 2025 Posted by: David R. Daly

A chromolithograph of James Hamilton's painting "Tegner's Drapa".

 

Winckworth Allan Gay Painting - Sandy Beach, Cohasset

June 26, 2025 Posted by: David R. Daly

A view of Sandy Beach, Cohasset, painted by Winckworth Allan Gay.

 

Bartolomeo Pinelli Sculpture

March 27, 2025 Posted by: David R. Daly

A terracotta sculpture of two women dancing, by Bartolomeo Pinelli, 1833.

 

Bust of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Brackett

February 27, 2025 Posted by: David R. Daly

A plaster bust of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by sculptor Edward Augustus Brackett.

 

Henry W. Longfellow Portrait by Cephas Thompson

December 31, 2024 Posted by: David R. Daly

An 1840 portrait of Henry W. Longfellow by artist Cephas Giovanni Thompson.

 

Thomas Gold Appleton Autumn Landscape

October 30, 2024 Posted by: David R. Daly

Painting of an autumn landscape by Thomas Gold Appleton.

 

Marble Bust of Frances E. Appleton

May 31, 2024 Posted by: David R. Daly

A white marble bust of Frances E. Appleton, done by sculptor Lorenzo Bartolini in 1836.

 

Winter Scene Watercolor

January 31, 2024 Posted by: David R. Daly

A watercolor of a winter scene by Edith Longfellow, aged 9.

 

Painted Rock

June 29, 2023 Posted by: David R. Daly

A small painted rock given to Charles A. Longfellow in 1865 by Miss Sarah Clark.

 

Japanese Fan Painting

October 31, 2022 Posted by: David R. Daly

A 19th century Japanese fan painting of a crane flying over waves.

 

Frances Longfellow Summer Sketch

July 30, 2021 Posted by: David R. Daly

A sketch by Frances Appleton Longfellow of children on a summer day in western Massachusetts.

 

Harriet Spelman Longfellow Painting

April 01, 2021 Posted by: David R. Daly

An 1899 watercolor of an Italian landscape by Harriet Spelman Longfellow.

 

Last updated: April 30, 2013

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