Sophia Amelia Peabody at the age of 36, 1184 Etching by S. A. Schoff, opposite page 242, volume 1 of Julian Hawthorne's Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife, 1884. (courtesy of ...)
Peabody (Grimshawe) House and The Burying Point Peabody (Grimshawe) House and The Burying Point in Salem.
Dr. Nathaniel Peabody and his wife, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, moved here with his family in 1835. Sophia was living here in 1837 when she met Hawthorne. In 1840 the Peabodys moved to Boston.
Scene Near Bristol, England, c. 1833 by Sophia Peabody Oil on linen (courtesy of ...)
Villa Menaggio, Lago di Como, by Sophia Peabody, 1839-40 According to the July/August 2007 issue of Connections, the Peabody Essex Museum magazine, Sophia gave this painting, along with her painting Isola San Giovanni, in 1840 on the first anniversary of their engagement. The article explains that "Hawthorne valued the paintings so much that he hid them behind curtains to enjoy when he was alone" (4). (courtesy of ...)
Isola San Giovanni, by Sophia Peabody, 1839-40 Some critics believe that Sophia meant the figures of a man and woman standing on a bridge represent herself and Hawthorne. (courtesy of ...)
Title Page of "The Gentle Boy" "The Gentle Boy" was published in a separate volume in 1839 by Weeks, Jordan & Co. in Boston and by Wiley & Putnam in New York and London and illustrated by Sophia Peabody. (courtesy of ...)
The Gentle Boy Dedication page of "The Gentle Boy" published in 1839 as a separate volume by Weeks & Jordan in Boston and Wiley & Putnam in New York and London and illustrated by Sophia Peabody. (courtesy of ...)
Illustration by Sophia Peabody from The Gentle Boy: A Thrice Told Tale, 1839 This illustration of Ibrahim by Hawthorne's wife captures Ibrahim's vulnerability and gentleness. (courtesy of ...)
Images Related to Hawthorne's children: Una, Julian, and Rose
Photograph of Una, Julian, and Rose, Hawthorne's children, c. 1862 Photograph by Silsbee and Case
Photograph of Julian Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hawthorne's son.
Photograph from a daguerreotype of Una and Julian Hawthorne, two of Nathaniel Hawthorne's three children Photograph from a daguerreotype of Una and Julian Hawthorne, two of Nathaniel Hawthorne's three children
Images Related to the Re-interment of Sophia and Una Hawthorne
Gravestones of Sophia and Una in Sleeply Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA, just after re-interement ceremony on June 26, 2006 (photography by Sue Herman)
Gravestones of Sophia and Una in Sleeply Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA, just after re-interement ceremony on June 26, 2006 (photography by Sue Herman)
Close-up of gravestones of Sophia and Una in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, MA, July 5, 2006 (photography by Eugene Leache)
Imogen Howe, great-great-granddaughter of the Hawthornes, gave a
brief greeting on the part of the family at the re-interment of Sophia and Una Hawthorne in Concord, MA, on June 26, 2006. Imogen Howe also presented a book to
the Concord Public Library that had been inscribed by Sophia to
Nathaniel, which she had found in the attic. She said she was very
happy not to have the responsibility anymore. It was carefully wrapped
in cloth.
Mother Anne Marie, the Superior General
of the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, also presented opening remarks at the re-interment of Sophia and Una Hawthorne on June 26, 2006, in Concord, MA.
At the ceremony for the re-interment of Sophia and Una Hawthorne in Concord, MA on June 26, 2006, Imogen Howe was followed by the Reverend
Carleton Parker Jones who gave an invocation. Reverend Jones also gave the benediction. (photography by Timothy McLaughlin)
Another great-great-granddaughter, Alison Hawthorne Deming, who is a poet and professor at University of Arizona, delivered
the main address at the re-interment of Sophia and Una Hawthorne on June 26, 2006, in Concord, MA.
(photography by Timothy McLaughlin)
