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[Jeff Whitman, full-length portrait, seated, facing left] – Antique Photo Print

[Jeff Whitman, full-length portrait, seated, facing left], [between 1860 and 1890] — historic photograph
[Jeff Whitman, full-length portrait, seated, facing left], [between 1860 and 1890]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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A window into the past: [Jeff Whitman, full-length portrait, seated, facing left], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Jeff Whitman, full-length portrait, seated, facing left]

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This full-length portrait shows a seated man turned to the left, and the studio mount on the reverse, marked Saunders no. 27, points to a commercial studio of the period. Portraits like this were often made for relatives and friends, and the seated pose with a full view of the figure was a common format from the 1860s through the 1880s, when such images were traded and kept in albums. The print belongs to the Feinberg-Whitman Collection, a group of materials connected to Walt Whitman, so its place in the Library of Congress reflects that association as much as the sitter's own life. Viewers may find the verso inscriptions and studio marking useful clues for dating the sitting.

Created / published[between 1860 and 1890]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1860-1890.Photographic prints 1860-1890.
NotesOn verso of Saunders no. 27. Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress).
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,118 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161358

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