George Ticknor was an American academician and Hispanist, specializing in the subject areas of languages and literature. He is known for his scholarly work on the history and criticism of Spanish lite
Ticknor House (left) on Park Street in Boston in the 1850s
Bust in Boston Public Library
William Hickling Prescott was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scientific historian. Despite having serious visual impa
Prescott c. 1850–1859
A bronze statue of Prescott's grandfather William Prescott in Charlestown, Massachusetts
Title pages of the History of Ferdinand and Isabella, 1838 edition
Daguerreotype portrait of Prescott by M.B. Brady, c. 1848–1850