Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, at center with beard, and his family, from left, Mary Longfellow Greenleaf (Henry's sister), Samuel L. Longfellow (Henry's brother), Alice Longfellow (Henry's daughter), Henry, Thomas Gold Appleton (Henry's brother-in-law), Ernest (Henry's son) and his wife, Hattie Spelman Longfellow, Anne Longfellow Pierce (Henry's sister), and Annie Longfellow and Edith Longfellow (Henry's daughters).

The photograph was taken in Venice, Italy, in 1869.