Walt Whitman, 1819-1892 – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Walt Whitman, 1819-1892 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Walt Whitman, 1819-1892
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Taken in 1878, this portrait shows Walt Whitman, the poet of *Leaves of Grass*, in Camden, New Jersey, where he lived after a stroke in 1873 left him partly disabled. The photoprint was made by Napoleon Sarony, a New York studio photographer known for his theatrical and celebrity portraits. Whitman sat for many photographers over his life, and this image belongs to that long series that shaped his public face. The record's details come from a caption card and are marked as unverified, so the exact circumstances of the sitting remain uncertain.
| Created / published | 1878 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by Sarony. Feinberg/Whitman Collecton. (Saunders 71). This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Acc. File; BI; Photog. I.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,096 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-152445 |
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