Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. His works often focus on history, morality, and religion.
Hawthorne in the 1860s
Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Charles Osgood, 1841 (Peabody Essex Museum)
Nathaniel Hawthorne's childhood home in Raymond, Maine, built in 1804
Boston Custom House, Custom House Street, where Hawthorne worked c. 1839–40
Sophia Hawthorne
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Sophia Amelia Hawthorne was an American painter and illustrator and one of the first professional women artists in America. Her work was notably exhibited at the Boston Athenæum. Additionally, she pub
Nathaniel Hawthorne
…later work. He published several short stories in periodicals, which he collected in 1837 as Twice-Told Tales. The following year, he became engaged to Sophia Peabody. He worked at the Boston Custom House and joined Brook Farm, a transcendentalist community, before marrying Peabody in 1842. The couple moved to The…
1830 portrait
Villa Menaggio, Lago di Como by Sophia Peabody, 1839–40
Grave of Sophia Hawthorne in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Isola San Giovanni by Sophia Peabody, 1839–40