Horace Traubel dates this photograph as during the Civil War, but it is clearly part of the 1871 session at J. Gurney & Son.
For more information on J. Gurney and Son, see "Notes on Whitman's Photographers."
Photographer: Horton, V.W.
Photographer: Gurney & Son, 1860–1874
Date: 1871
Technique: photograph
Place: New York (N.Y.)
Subject: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 | New York (N.Y.)
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