Overview
Collection Information
Size: 13 Items, (10 v. and 3 notecards on partial microfilm reel)
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.
Biographical/Historical 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.
Provenance
Lent for microfilming 1977 by rs. Howard M. Turner, Jr., whose husband was Ernest Longfellow's grandson.
Language Note
English .
Location of Originals
- Originals returned to the lender, Mrs. Howard M. Turner, Jr. after microfilming.
