13 Items, (10 v. and 3 notecards on partial microfilm reel)
Access Note / Rights:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Summary:
10 pocket-sized sketchbooks of Harriet and Ernest Longfellow containing charcoal and watercolor sketches, predominantly panoramic views of European and Middle Eastern architectural ruins, landscape scenery, and a number of figure drawings; and 3 notecards describing the sketchbooks and sketches.
Citation:
Ernest Wadsworth and Harriet Spelman Longfellow sketchbooks, 1867-1903. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel 1211 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Location of Originals:
Originals returned to the lender, Mrs. Howard M. Turner, Jr. after microfilming.
Loan:
Loan
Biography Note:
Ernest Longfellow was a noted landscape painter and son of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Harriet Spelman Longfellow, his wife, was a painter also. They resided in New York City and in Magnolia, Mass.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1977 by rs. Howard M. Turner, Jr., whose husband was Ernest Longfellow's grandson.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
