page_title: Longworth Powers
hierarchical_section_title: Longworth Powers
caption_attribution_description: English: Young Boy by Longworth Powers, c. 1870-1880, marble - New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut, USA. This artwork is in the public domain because the artist died more than 70 years ago. The museum permitted photographs of this exhibit without restriction.
context_page_description: Longworth Powers 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Young Boy by Longworth Powers, c. 1870-1880
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