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Perhaps the first American “celebrity photographer,” Sarony made much of his money selling portraits

one used in Brady's Washington studio; the "Lincoln chair" was given to Brady by the President in 1860

It had been Lincoln's chair in the House of Representatives before new chairs were installed in 1857,

Negatives for the other two images were purchased from Brady for the National Archives in 1873.For more

, ca. early 1860s Library of Congress print of photo, in unknown handwriting on the back, identifies

this as having been taken around 1860 by Mathew Brady.For more information on J.

Black of Black and Batchelder, ca. 1860 This rugged, footloose portrait was taken by James Wallace Black

, of Black & Batchelder, in March 1860, when Whitman was in Boston to oversee the typesetting of his

1860 edition of Leaves of Grass.

the publishing firm of Thayer & Eldridge, who apparently commissioned the photograph to promote the 1860

the basis for the engraving of Whitman that appeared with its review of Leaves of Grass on June 2, 1860

Black of Black and Batchelder, 1860 Writing in 1860 about his trip to Boston, Whitman said to his friend

of slaves / You might have borne deeper slaves— / Doughfaces,” a derisive term for Northerners who were

Nevertheless, be ready, be not weary of watching,He will surely return; his messengers come anon.These were

the first lines ever published of what would later become Leaves of Grass, and they were the last that

anyone would read by Whitman until he dramatically reemerged in 1855 as “an American, one of the roughs

Italian curls—or the semblance of 'em" (Saturday, October 13th, 1888), and he was relieved when they were

, ca. late 1860s" or "Walt Whitman by William Kurtz?

Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette

Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures

These two photos are the ones Whitman felt were salvageable from the Cox session: "they are not all of

Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette

Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures

Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette

Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures

These two photos are the ones Whitman felt were salvageable from the Cox session: "they are not all of

Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette

Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures

Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette

Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures

Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette

Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures

Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette

Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures

Whitman recalls that "six or seven" photos were made during the session, but the poet's friend Jeannette

Gilder, an observer of the session, said there were many more than that: "He must have had twenty pictures

Copies of this photograph were later made by Charles H. Spieler.

that except for the photographs taken by Eakins and his assistants in Whitman's room in 1891, these were

the last photographs taken of Whitman by a professional photographer, and certainly they were the last

Walt Whitman by Frederick Gutekunst, 1889 Whitman commented that the photos from this sitting were all

Eakins-O'Donovan. . . . in Walt's own room in November 1891, the Gutekunst sittings, of which this is one result, were

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

Walt Whitman by Edy Brothers, Summer 1880 This and six other photographs were taken in the summer of

July 15, 1890, and that evening photographed Whitman and his favorite nurse, Warren Fritzinger, who were

is the only known surviving photograph taken by Fredricks, though Traubel’s comments suggest there were

about the book emphasized Whitman’s increasingly conservative stance, and many of the sexual passages were

edition, but the book eventually appeared in November without one.Initial sales of the Osgood edition were

strong, and reviews were almost universally positive.

about the book emphasized Whitman’s increasingly conservative stance, and many of the sexual passages were

edition, but the book eventually appeared in November without one.Initial sales of the Osgood edition were

strong, and reviews were almost universally positive.

about the book emphasized Whitman’s increasingly conservative stance, and many of the sexual passages were

edition, but the book eventually appeared in November without one.Initial sales of the Osgood edition were

strong, and reviews were almost universally positive.

about the book emphasized Whitman’s increasingly conservative stance, and many of the sexual passages were

edition, but the book eventually appeared in November without one.Initial sales of the Osgood edition were

strong, and reviews were almost universally positive.

prevented from growing tedious—was the marked absence from the spot of every popular poet and author, American

His limbs and feet were wrapped in heavy gray blankets.

And then we kissed him farewell, and were out in the soft, almost sping-like air, feeling as if it were

were the words I wrote next day in my diary.

The grand head and serene face were to dawn upon me in a few moments.

The feet were well proportioned and clad in broad-toed, easy shoes.

In the recesses on either side of the chimney were portraits of the poet's father and mother.

some of them were on the floor.

Of books there were many, and, like the pictures, they were scattered everywhere around the room; on

They were young ladies just ready to bloom into early womanhood—pupils from Bryn Mawr College.

Pretty soon the writer made an incidental remark about the growth of the new Philadelphia City Hall,

It is all in strange contrast to the bustle of the great Quaker City across the river.

We were ushered into a little sitting-room, and were greeted by a lady and gentleman seated opposite

We walked up two half flights of narrow wooden stairs and were at the chamber of the poet.

His lower limbs were covered by some kind of cloth, stertched loosely over his knees.

The walls were bare.

and it includes transcriptions (whole text and individual poems) and facsimiles of the six major American

Price's edited collection, Walt Whitman: The Contemporary Reviews , along with several reviews that were

Cohen of Duke University, will be fully searchable and will include facsimiles of the ephemera that were

Nebraska, is developing a section that includes about fifty interviews with Whitman, most of which were

Iowa City: Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, 2005. Folsom, Ed. and Kenneth M. Price. .

The Walt Whitman Archive was the first hit in both searches; also highly-rated were the Library of Congress's

We began to build what we were then calling the Walt Whitman Hypertext Archive (we later dropped the

There were also problems with the navigation of the site.

There were some important consequences from this undertaking.

These volumes were originally contributed to the by Ed Whitley.

A North American Bird Phenology Program, for example, is transcribing ninety years of records with the

Were they, as the name "citizen" implies, ordinary members of the public (as was the case in Transcribe

In the time since these comments were made we have been more engaged with social media both through a

National Archives, were inscribed (if not authored) by Whitman when he worked in the Attorney General's

discovery at the earliest possible time, and thus we made the documents available even before they were

Philadelphia to visit Whitman on July 15, 1890, and that evening photographed Whitman and Fritzinger, who were

Philadelphia to visit Whitman on July 15, 1890, and that evening photographed Whitman and Fritzinger, who were

The furniture was of the plainest old-fashioned type; there were the old wooden rocking chairs, with

Piles of papers and magazines were stacked in chairs, on the floors, and several oil paintings were pendant

"My opinion of other American poets?

For a long period I placed Emerson at the head of American poetic literature, but of late I consider

Cleveland seems to me like a huge wall, great on his impedimenta, as it were.

rearrangement with reference to the sub-titles and to each other, leave them, we are told, as they were

If all poets were in the habit of using this recitative rhythm as a vehicle for their thoughts, what

The poems were also affected by Whitman's own physical life.

you thinking that those were the words, those upright lines?

Were you thinking that those were the words, those delicious sounds out of your friends' mouths?

If they had not reference to you in especial what were they then?)

It also recalls Native American ecopoetics.

They were inseparable for the next eight years.In 1889, Whitman had a remarkable talk with Horace Traubel

A N American bard at last!

The interior American republic shall also be declared free and independent.

But where in American literature is the first show of America?

Where is the vehement growth of our cities?

Walt Whitman was born on Long-Island, on the hills about thirty miles from the greatest American city

here, from parents the same and their parents' parents the same," and hence, physiologically, is American

To a small job printing office in that city belongs the honor, if such, of bringing it to light.

Some three score copies were deposited in a neighboring book store, and as many more in another book

A demand arose, and before many months all the copies of the thin quarto were sold.

issued in Boston as a 12mo. of 456 pages, in 1860.

Among American authors there is one named Walt Whitman, who, in 1855, first issued a small quarto volume

city, and brought up in Brooklyn and in New York.

They are certainly filled with an American spirit, breathe the American air, and assert the fullest American

Year 85 of the States (1860—61). London: Trübner & Co.

cantos were published in 1773.

The first three cantos of his epic poem, The Messiah (Der Messias), were published in 1749; the final

cantos were published in 1773.