Walt Whitman by G. Frank Pearsall, September 1872
Whitman used this photograph as the frontispiece for Two Rivulets, where he captioned it, "Photo'd from life, Sept., '72, Brooklyn, N.Y. by G. F. E. Pearsall, Fulton St." Copies of this photograph were later made by Charles H. Spieler. There have been claims that this image was originally photographed as part of a stereoview, but the one extant “stereo card” appears simply to be two copies of the photo displayed side by side.
For more information on G. Frank Pearsall, see "Notes on Whitman's Photographers."
Photographer: Pearsall, G.F.
Date: September, 1872
Technique: photograph
Place: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Subject: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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Metadata for Digital Item
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