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Late 1860s. William Kurtz, New York. Saunders #42. Courtesy William R.
Perkins Library, Duke University, Trent Collection.
Dated by Saunders in 1873, but 1873 seems an
unlikely year for any photographs, since Whitman suffered a
paralytic stroke in January, was devastated further by his
mother's death in May, and moved to Camden in July. Note
similarity of clothing and pose to preceding and following
photos; clearly this photo is in Kurtz's "Rembrandt" style of
shadow and light, a style he did not introduce until 1867.
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