This photo is usually dated 1860, but Kurtz did not open his own studio in NY until after the Civil War, and the original photo carries Kurtz's Madison Square imprint (the Madison Square gallery was not opened until 1874, though this may be a later printing of an earlier photo). The Library of Congress copy is endorsed by WW: "Walt Whitman 1869" (which Henry Saunders misread as "1860").
For more information on William Kurtz, see "Notes on Whitman's Photographers."
Photographer: Kurtz, William, 1833–1904
Date: ca. late 1860s
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