Longfellow Big Read Lecture: The Longfellow Series of Wedgwood Plates

April 14, 2010

Date and time:Wednesday, April 14 7:00pm-8:00pm
Location: Wayside Inn

A relative by marriage to the Wedgwoods, Longfellow's influence was so extensive that his greatest works have been immortalized on a series of plates issued by the renowned English china manufacturer starting in the early 1900s. Ron Frazier of the Boston Wedgwood Society will speak on the Longfellow plates and the history of the Wedgwood Company.

Free and open to the public. No pre-registration required.

Photo of the Song of Hiawatha Plate, 1950; Verse on the back of the plate starts: Many things Nokomis taught him ...