On View
Not on viewHenry D. Thoreau
DateLate 1800s
Terms
- Photographs
- Photograph
- Cardboard
- Boston
Dimensions10.79 × 6.35 cm (4 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
MarkingsWritten in ink on back: "Great You, I ask thee for no meanes pelf/ Than that I may not disappoint myself,/ That in my conduct I may soar as high/ As I can now discern, with this clear eye./ That my weak hand may equal my firm faith/ And my life practise more than my tongue saith,/ That my low conduct may not show,/ Nor my relanting lines,/ That I thy purpose did not know/ Or overrated thy designs."
Credit LineGift of Mr. Walton Ricketson and Miss Anna Ricketson (1929)
Object numberTH33G
DescriptionPhotographic reproduction of a drawing of Henry D. Thoreau, on cardstock. Carte-de-visite size. Poetical quotation on back. See Th33. Reduced photograph of the crayon portrait by Rowse of Worcester
Collections
- Henry David Thoreau Collection
- Photographs
