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." See also Lance Hidy, "The Illustration and Typography of Specimen Days, and a Lost Whitman Portrait Found," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, 2009, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 153–159.
Photographer: Gutekunst, Frederick
Date: August 1889
Technique: photograph
Place: Philadelphia (Pa.)
Subject: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 | Philadelphia (Pa.)
Creator of master digital image: Whitman Archive Staff
Rights: Public Domain. This image may be reproduced without permission.
Work Type: digital image
Date: ca. 2007–ca. 2014
Creator of master digital image: Walt Whitman House (N.J.)
Rights: Public Domain. This image may be reproduced without permission.
Work Type: digital image
Date: ca. 2007–ca. 2014
Creator of master digital image: The Walt Whitman Archive
Rights: Public Domain. This image may be reproduced without permission.
Work Type: digital image
Date: ca. 2020