Sujet
Longfellow Statue, Speaking - Major General Adolphus Washington Greeley, U.S.A., 1909. Creator: Harris & Ewing.
Légende
Longfellow Statue, Speaking - Major General Adolphus Washington Greeley, U.S.A., 1909. [US Army officer and polar explorer Adolphus Greely giving a speech at the unveiling of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Memorial in Washington D.C. The bronze statue was designed by William Couper and Thomas Ball. On the dais, decorated with flags and greenery, is a plaque with lines from 'The Ship of State', one of Longfellow's poems: 'Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate!'].
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM22B07_217
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
170,4Mo (7,1Mo) / 76,3cm x 56,0cm / 9009 x 6610 (300dpi)