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Longfellow Calendar

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1883

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 101-110

GUSN

GUSN-199132

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Description

This image is a calendar advertisement for the literary works of Longfellow, with a medallion portrait of the author. There are also figures of Priscilla and Evangeline. It is a handsome decorative work, with a fine design on the back.

Details

Descriptive Terms

calendars
portraits
literature (writings)
authors
prints (visual works)
chromolithographs

Additional Identification Number

Prints and Engravings Collection Number 104

Physical Description

1 chromolithograph

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1986

Reference Code

GC002.02.104

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

8.25 x 12 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Jewett House, South Berwick, ME.

Record Details

Originator

Houghton, Mifflin and Company (Engraver)
Armstrong & Co. (Lithographer)
Riverside Press (Printer)

Material Type

prints (visual works)
chromolithographs

Other People

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

Restrictions

Discolored calendar, with the insert missing

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 101-110

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