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Artist
Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins, 25 Jul 1844 - 25 Jun 1916
Printer
Chicago Albumen Works
Sitter
Walt Whitman, 31 May 1819 - 26 Mar 1892
Date
1891 (printed 1979)
Type
Photograph
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
Image: 10 × 12.6 cm (3 15/16 × 4 15/16")
Sheet: 13.7 × 15.2 cm (5 3/8 × 6")
Mat: 45.8 × 35.6 cm (18 1/16 × 14")
Topic
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Printed Material\Book
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table
Architecture\Window
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Interior\Domestic
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Lamp
Home Furnishings\Blanket
Art implements\Frame
Walt Whitman: Male
Walt Whitman: Literature\Writer\Poet
Walt Whitman: Journalism and Media\Newspaper editor
Walt Whitman: Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher
Walt Whitman: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
