Walt Whitman by Thomas Eakins, 1891
Taken in Whitman's Camden home. Scholars of Eakins's work disagree about the nature of the difference between this and two other photographs (zzz.00123, zzz.00125)—whether they are different, retouched, and cropped versions of each other, varying prints, etc. Saunders catalogued them separately, and they seem to be distinct if very similar poses.
For more information on Thomas Eakins, see "Notes on Whitman's Photographers."
Photographer: Eakins, Thomas
Date: 1891
Technique: photograph
Place: Camden (N.J.)
Subject: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 | Camden (N.J.)
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Creator of master digital image: Whitman Archive Staff
Rights: Public Domain. This image may be reproduced without permission.
Work Type: digital image
Date: ca. 1995–ca. 2000