Henry Wadsworth Longfellow seated before a fireplace with three children, n.d., between 1827 and 1882

Proof copy of color lithograph enhanced with hand watercolor, probably an illustration for the children's hour. The picture includes tiles surrounding the fireplace that illustrate various longfellow poems signed by the artist, l. Humphrey filed in box 1 henry wadsworth longfellow (1807–82), american poet; b. Portland, maine; graduated from bowdoin college, 1825. He wrote some of the most popular poems in american literature, in which he created a new body of romantic american legends. Subjects (lctgm): lithographs; proofs; book illustrations; children subjects (lcsh): longfellow, henry wadsworth, 1807-1882. Date: between 1827 and 1882. Dimensions: height: 6 in (15.2 cm); width: 8.5 in (21.5 cm). Medium: lithograph. Collection: University of Washington.