William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. Born in Massachusetts, he started his career as a lawyer but showed an interest in poetry early in his life.
Engraving of Bryant, c. 1843
An 1867 portrait of Hiram Powers and Bryant, now housed at the National Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C.
Kindred Spirits, an 1849 portrait by Asher Durand, depicting Bryant with Thomas Cole
Plainfield is a town on the northwestern edge of Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, about 25 miles east of Pittsfield and 30 miles northwest of Northampton. The population was 633 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
A plain field in Plainfield, Massachusetts
Plainfield Congregational Church