Walt Whitman by William Kurtz, ca. 1866 - 1869
This or two other photos (zzz.00055, zzz.00138) may be the one Whitman described to Horace Traubel as "the Quaker picture: see? the sombrero—the nice adjustment of light and shade" (With Walt Whitman in Camden, Monday, October 1st, 1888). Kurtz was famous for developing methods to photograph shadowed sides of the face.
For more information, see "Notes on Whitman's Photographers."
Photographer: Kurtz, William, 1833–1904
Date: ca. 1866 - 1869
Technique: photograph
Place: New York (N.Y.)
Subject: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 | New York (N.Y.)
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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