Walt Whitman
1887
By this point in his life, the great American poet had nothing to gain by a formal portrait. The result is a friendly, informal image as though the viewer has been summoned for a chat on a sunny afternoon. The warmth of feeling may come from the fact that the photographer knew Whitman; his brother Thomas Harned was a close friend and literary executor of the poet.
Albumen print
6 1/2 x 4 in. (16.5 x 10.2 cm)
Mary Arrington Small Estate Acquisition Fund and Margaret E. Fuller Purchase Fund
99.63
