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Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle by M.P.
Rice, ca. 1869 A sitting with Peter Doyle from the same session as another photograph of the couple.For
Rice, see Ed Folsom, "1868 Photograph of Peter Doyle," Walt Whitman Quarterly Review, 4 (Spring 1987)
And, for an extended look at Whitman's relationship with Peter Doyle, see Martin G.
Murray, "Pete the Great: A Biography of Peter Doyle."
Walt Whitman and Peter Doyle by M.P.
Rice, ca. 1869 This is the first extant photo of Whitman with anyone else, here Peter Doyle, Whitman's
Calamus: A Series of Letters Written During the Years 1868–1880 by Walt Whitman to a Young Friend (Peter
And, for an extended look at Whitman's relationship with Peter Doyle, see Martin G.
Murray, "Pete the Great: A Biography of Peter Doyle."
for a full hour, facing the golden sunset, in the cool evening breeze, with the summer lightning playing
for a full hour, facing the golden sunset, in the cool evening breeze, with the summer lightning playing
for a full hour, facing the golden sunset, in the cool evening breeze, with the summer lightning playing
taken in 1877, then Whitman may have been referring to this image when he wrote from Philadelphia to Peter