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A Lawrenceville School class photograph, with James Merrill in the second row on far right. Also pictured is Tony Harwood, in the top row, second from right.

James Merrill as a cadet. Merrill was designated for "limited service only" because of poor eyesight.

James Merrill as a boy on a slide. "As a child, Jimmy was always attended by someone...So it's striking that, as an adult, he remembered his childhood as painfully lonely...the loneliness of a young mind engaged with private thoughts of mortality,…

James Merrill as a baby with his parents, Charles and Hellen. After three weeks in the hospital, Hellen recorded James's weight weekly, through December.

Photograph of James Merrill receiving an honorary doctorate at Amherst College from Calvin H. Plimpton, June 7, 1968.

Photograph of James Merrill as an older man, sitting outside in a white shirt, smiling at the camera.

Photograph of James Merrill as an older man, leaning against a doorway and smiling at the camera.

Photograph of James Merrill as an older man, standing among the leaves of a tree and facing sideways.

Photograph of James Merrill as an older man, wearing a white jacket and tie.

Photograph of David Jackson and James Merrill standing in front of a window, April 1965.