Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

Studio portrait of Walt Whitman as a very elderly man; pictured with long hair and beard.

Studio portrait of Walt Whitman as a very elderly man. Whitman is pictured seated, with his hand tucked in his coat pocket. Whitman's autograph, excised from an unknown source, is pasted below the image.

This photograph appears to be a paste-up for a final lithograhic print for publication.

Studio portrait of Walt Whitman as a very elderly man. Whitman is pictured seated, with his hand tucked in his coat pocket. Whitman's autograph appears below the image.

On verso, a printed label: With the Season's Greetings, The Oxford Bookshop...[signed] Alfred Goldsmith....One of 30 numbered copies from an original photograph. This is No. 15.

Another copy, No. 26.

Printed copy of an autographed and dated studio portrait of Walt Whitman as a very elderly man. Pencilled note along bottom edge indicates that the image was published in "N.E. Mag[azine], Mar, 1899.

Studio portrait of Walt Whitman as a very elderly man, with long hair and beard.

Studio portrait of Walt Whitman as a very elderly man, with long hair and beard.

Studio portrait of Walt Whitman as a very elderly man, with long hair and beard.

Pencilled instructions, written below the image read: Mount on Japan insert before 1st title page. On verso are other pencilled notes, some of which read: Joy, comrade, joy! Face plate on back Emerson letter.

Oval-shaped studio protrait of an elderly Walt Whitman.

Portrait of Walt Whitman as an elderly man. He faces the camera with unkempt beard and hair, wearing a heavy wool coat.

Correspondence, minor writings, photographs, and ephemera all by or about Walt Whitman.