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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1819-05-31 - 1892-03-26

Biography

American poet.

Found in 113 Collections and/or Records:

Commemorative US postage stamp

 Item
Identifier: 1976.015.2.5
Scope and Contents

Commemorative Walt Whitman five-cent postage stamp.

Dates: 1854 - 1975

[Digital print]

 Item
Identifier: 1976.015.1.15

Engraving by Griboyedov

 Item
Identifier: 1976.015.1.15
Scope and Contents

Reproduction of an engraving, executed by Griboyedov. A facsimile of Walt Whitman's autograph appears just below the image.

Dates: 1854 - 1975

Engraving by Hollyer

 Item
Identifier: 1976.015.1.15
Scope and Contents

Reproduction of an engraving used as the frontispiece for "Leaves of Grass"; taken from a now lost daguerreotype by Gabriel Harrison.

Dates: 1854 - 1975

Engraving by Linton

 Item
Identifier: 1976.015.1.15
Scope and Contents

Reproduction of an engraved portrait of Walt Whitman as an older man. Executed by Willianm James Linton after an original wood engraving by George C. Potter.

Dates: 1854 - 1975

Engraving by Schoff

 Item
Identifier: 1976.015.1.15
Scope and Contents

Engraved portrait of Walt Whitman in middle-age. Executed by Stephen Alonzo Schoff after an original portrait by Charles Hine. Used in the 1860 edition of "Leaves of Grass".

Dates: 1854 - 1975

Etching, artist proof by Wall, 1920

 Item
Identifier: 1976.015.1.14
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Walt Whitman, with cropped hair and trimmed beard, with reproduction of Whitman's autograph below the image. Signed by the artist.

Dates: 1920

Etching by Dolice

 Item
Identifier: 1976.015.1.14

Etching by Thomas, 1877

 Item
Identifier: 1976.015.1.14
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Walt Whitman, with long hair and beard, wearing a hat. Signed and dated by the artist. On verso is an unfinished sketch of a reclining woman. "AFG - 5" [Alfred Francis Goldsmith] is pencilled in on the upper left.

Dates: 1877

Etching, first proof by Wall, 1920

 Item
Identifier: 1976.015.1.14
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Walt Whitman, with cropped hair and trimmed beard, with reproduction of Whitman's autograph below the image. Signed by the artist as a "first state". Inscribed to Alfred Goldsmith by Bernhardt Wall.

Dates: 1920