Walt Whitman by Frederick Gutekunst, 1880
Obviously from the same sitting as another Gutekunst photograph. Looking at this photograph, Whitman said, "how weak! how sizzled out! I like it, passably: but it is not one of the best. Perhaps . . . there is enough of me to survive even the worst ordeal: I hope so" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Friday, December 21, 1888).
For more information on Frederick Gutekunst, see "Notes on Whitman's Photographers."
Photogapher: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831–1917
Date: 1880
Technique: photograph
Subject: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
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Creator of master digital image: Library of Congress
Rights: Public Domain. This image may be reproduced without permission.
Work Type: digital image
Date: ca. 1995–ca. 2000