Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is a bronze statue, by William Couper, and Thomas Ball.

[2] The statue depicts American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

[4] For the statue in Washington, an association was founded to raise money for the effort, ultimately earning $21,000 by subscribers.

[5] Members of the organization included Andrew Carnegie, Henry Cabot Lodge, Charles William Eliot, Edward Everett Hale, Julia Ward Howe, and Curtis Guild.

It was unveiled in 1909 by the poet's granddaughter Erica Thorp in the presence of Chief Justice Melville Fuller and the United States Marine Band.