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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Sitter
Walt Whitman, 31 May 1819 - 26 Mar 1892
Date
1882
Type
Photograph
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
Image: 12.2 × 10 cm (4 13/16 × 3 15/16")
Sheet: 20.1 × 12.4 cm (7 15/16 × 4 7/8")
Mount: 25.6 × 17.9 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/16")
Topic
Interior
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache
Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard
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; gift of Charles Feinberg
