Walt Whitman

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Object Details

Artist

Thomas Wilmer Dewing, born Boston, MA 1851-died New York City 1938

Sitter

Walt Whitman

Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Robert Tyler Davis Memorial Fund

Date

1875

Object number

1980.73

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Drawing

Medium

chalk on paper

Dimensions

sheet: 24 1/2 x 18 in. (62.2 x 45.7 cm)

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Department

Graphic Arts

Data Source

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Topic

Portrait male\bust

Occupation\writer\poet

Metadata Usage

CC0

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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk73a01f22e-2e45-4125-9a8b-34b3ed87f4b3

Record ID

saam_1980.73

Walt Whitman

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