This is one of four photographs from Whitman's 1889 Frederick Gutekunst sitting. Whitman thought Gutekunst was "on the top of the heap" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Tuesday, July 2, 1889) as far as photographers went.
For more information on Frederick Gutekunst, see "Notes on Whitman's Photographers."
Photographer: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831–1917
Date: 1889
Technique: photograph
Place: Philadelphia (Pa.)
Subject: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 | Philadelphia (Pa.)
Creator of master digital image: Ohio Wesleyan University, Bayley Collection
Rights: Public Domain. This image may be reproduced without permission.
Work Type: digital image
Date: ca. 1995–ca. 2000