Walt Whitman

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Object Details

Artist

Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins, 25 Jul 1844 - 25 Jun 1916

Printer

Chicago Albumen Works

Sitter

Walt Whitman, 31 May 1819 - 26 Mar 1892

Credit Line

National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

Date

1891 (printed 1979)

Object number

NPG.79.65

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Photograph

Medium

Platinum print

Dimensions

Image: 9.5 × 12.1 cm (3 3/4 × 4 3/4")

Sheet: 12.2 × 14.7 cm (4 13/16 × 5 13/16")

Mat: 45.8 × 35.6 cm (18 1/16 × 14")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair

Architecture\Window

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Mustache

Interior\Domestic

Personal Attribute\Facial Hair\Beard

Home Furnishings\Blanket

Costume\Dress Accessory\Button

Walt Whitman: Male

Walt Whitman: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Poet

Walt Whitman: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Newspaper editor

Walt Whitman: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher

Walt Whitman: Arts and Culture\Journalism and Media\Journalist\Reporter\Newspaper

Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4917e6d24-1369-4139-bbe0-1ed7628b3f58

Record ID

npg_NPG.79.65