Acadian Late Day Hay Gathering

By Little Paris Fine Arts

This illustration is from Page 15 from 1850’s first illustrated version (David Bogue, London,1850) of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s epic poem “Evangeline”. Myles Birket Foster was a famous British artist, also especially known for his watercolors and other paintings. London’s Henry Vizetelly, was perhaps first known for his work with “The Illustrated London News”, formed his own engraver firm in 1800 and carved this print from Foster’s artwork The image was scanned from an original first edition copy of the book. Related verses in the poem: Part the First, Canto II. “Late, with the rising moon, returned the wains from the marshes, Laden with briny hay, that filled the air with its odor.