About Longworth Powers
Lived 1835 – 1904 (aged 68–69). Longworth Powers was an American photographer and sculptor.
Longworth Powers (1835–1904) was an American photographer and sculptor, active in Florence, Italy.
Powers was born in Cincinnati, Ohio as the eldest son of sculptor Hiram Powers. He spent one semester at the United States Military Academy at West Point, after which he was asked to leave, and then attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute without obtaining a degree. After his family moved to Florence in 1835, Powers worked as a bookkeeper in his father's studio and learned the sculptor's craft. He returned to America for some years but in 1860 returned to Florence as a photographer and sculptor. He died in Florence.
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Who was Longworth Powers?
American photographer and sculptor (1835–1904)
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Longworth Powers was born in 1835 in Cincinnati.
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Longworth Powers died in 1904 in Florence.
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Longworth Powers was a photographer and sculptor.
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Longworth Powers was American.
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