News Release Date: June 2, 2023
Contact: Chris Beagan, 617-876-4491 x 12
Cambridge, MA – Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site has accepted a Winslow Homer watercolor painting, Waiting for the Boats (1882), into its museum collection.
Donated by Frances Appleton Wetherell, great-granddaughter of Henry and Frances Longfellow, the painting joins a fine art collection of more than 2,000 works collected by generations of Longfellow and Appleton family members. Waiting for the Boats will be on regular display for the first time ever when Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site opens for the season on May 26, 2023.
About Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site preserves the 1759 Georgian house that was a site of enslavement and activism (1759-81), George Washington’s first long-term headquarters of the American Revolution (1775-76), and the home of famed 19th-century poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and his family (1837-1950). Just steps from Harvard Square, this historic house museum and cultural institution offers unique opportunities for the public to be inspired by American history and to celebrate the arts. Visit www.nps.gov/longfellow.
Emily Levine (she/her)
Supervisory Park Ranger (Interpretation)
Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site
105 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Cell: 617-999-7696
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