Sculpture
- Title:
- Longfellow
- Object Name:
- Sculpture
- Object ID:
- 1977.515.01
- Creator:
- Milmore, Martin (1844-1883)
Sculptor - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1864
- Description:
- Bust of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Plaster. Small-scale bust of a man, undraped; shoulders truncated at ends; lower part of chest truncated at front; hollow; no circular base; bottom covered with plaster. Head turned slightly to subject's left; has beard with mustache; pupils and iris of eyes not defined. Inscribed on truncated surface of front: "LONGFELLOW.", and on reverse: "M.Milmore. / 1864." Also on reverse, at lower left, is a copper inset, rectangular in shape, with scalloped border, reading: "COPYRIGHT / OF / DEVRIES, IBARRA & CO / PUBLISHERS. / BOSTON, MASS." Painted off-white. Irregular opening at center of bottom.
- Material:
- Plaster
Copper - Dimensions:
- H-11.5 W-6.125 D-5.125 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Sculpture, Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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