All Resolutions
Excelsior!
Artist
- Name:
- Benham, Jane E.
- Dates:
- 1829-1904
- Country:
- UK
Illustration
- Subject:
- People
- Technique:
- Wood engraving
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The Boston Public Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Poems (Longfellow)
- Author(s):
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Publisher:
- Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
A young man stands on a mountain wearing a coat of mail and carrying a sword at his side. He holds a banner which elegantly unfurls in the wind and shows the word “Excelsior.”
Keywords: 1850s, 19th century, black & white, male, medieval, mountain, Ticknor, Victorian
