Departure of Hiawatha by Albert Bierstadt, c. 1868, Albert Bierstadt, circa 1868

Painting of a lake shore with native american figures in foreground, canoe on lake in distance, sun setting over water in this small-scale oil on paper painting, the american landscape painter bierstadt captured a scene from henry longfellow's epic poem, "the song of hiawatha. " the figure of hiawatha in a canoe almost disappears into the reflection of the sunset on the lake. The artist presented this painting to the poet at a dinner in his honor at the langham hotel, london, july 9, 1868. Keywords: art; long 4138; hiawatha; longfellow; native americans; sunset; literature; poetry; albert bierstadt; landscape. Date: circa 1868. Depicted Place: Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Departure of Hiawatha by Albert Bierstadt, c. 1868 (feef8659-1dcf-44dd-8761-f8c70e328237)