Longworth Powers
Illustration — Young Boy by Longworth Powers, c. 1870-1880 • Illustration — Photograph of William Cullen Bryant and Hiram Powers by Longworth Powers, 1867, albumen print Longworth Powers (1835–1904) was an American photographer and sculptor, active in Florence, Italy. Powers was born in Cincinnati, Ohio as the eldest son of sculptor Hiram Powers.
Longworth Powers
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- 1835 · Cincinnati.
- Died
- 1904 · Florence.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- photographer · sculptor
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Illustration — Young Boy by Longworth Powers, c. 1870-1880 • Illustration — Photograph of William Cullen Bryant and Hiram Powers by Longworth Powers, 1867, albumen print Longworth Powers (1835–1904) was an American photographer and sculptor, active in Florence, Italy. Powers was born in Cincinnati, Ohio as the eldest son of sculptor Hiram Powers.
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He spent one semester at the United States Military Academy at West Point, after which he was asked to leave, and then attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute without obtaining a degree. After his family moved to Florence in 1835, Powers worked as a bookkeeper in his father's studio and learned the sculptor's craft. He returned to America for some years but in 1860 returned to Florence as a photographer and sculptor. He died in Florence.
Hiram Powers and William Cullen Bryant, 1867, albumen print, by Longworth Powers, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC
Longworth Powers · Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC Catalog
Hiram Powers., c.1863-1865, albumen print (carte-de-visite) by Longworth Powers, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC
Longworth Powers · Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC Catalog
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Longworth Powers was born in 1835 at Cincinnati.
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Longworth Powers died in 1904 at Florence.
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