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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."
taken in 1877, then Whitman may have been referring to this image when he wrote from Philadelphia to Peter
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