7298069 Washington Irving and his Literary Friends at Sunnyside, 1864 (oil on canvas) by Schussele, Christian (c.1824-79); 134.6 x 199.4 cm; National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, USA; (add.info.: by Christian Schussele (c.1824-79) sitters: Washington Irving, 3 Apr 1783 - 28 Nov 1859 Henry Theodore Tuckerman, 1813 - 1871 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., 29 Aug 1809 - 7 Oct 1894 Nathaniel Hawthorne, 4 Jul 1804 - 19 May 1864 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 27 Feb 1807 - 24 Mar 1882 Nathaniel Parker Willis, 20 Jan 1806 - 20 Jan 1867 James Kirke Paulding, 22 Aug 1778 - 6 Apr 1860 William Cullen Bryant, 3 Nov 1794 - 12 Jun 1878 John Pendleton Kennedy, 25 Oct 1795 - 18 Aug 1870 William Gilmore Simms, 17 Apr 1806 - 11 Jun 1870 Fitz-Greene Halleck, 8 Jul 1790 - 19 Nov 1867 William Hickling Prescott, 4 May 1796 - 28 Jan 1859 Ralph Waldo Emerson, 25 May 1803 - 27 Apr 1882 James Fenimore Cooper, 15 Sep 1789 - 14 Sep 1851 George Bancroft, 3 Oct 1800 - 17 Jan 1891).