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Pearsall, George Frank E., 1841-1927

 Person

Biography

George Frank Edgar Pearsall was an early New York photographer.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Portrait of Walt Whitman, 1869

 Item
Identifier: 1976.015.1.8.1
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Walt Whitman, pictured seated with his bearded head propped up by a close-fisted hand, with his elbow resting on a table.

Dates: 1869

Portrait of Walt Whitman, 1872

 Item
Identifier: 1976.015.1.9.1
Scope and Contents

Studio portrait of Walt Whitman, pictured in hat, suit coat, vest and tie; his open hand held up behind his ear, with his elbow on a desk top. Caption, handwritten on recto: Taken in Brooklyn 1871. On verso, a handwritten inscription: For Tom [Mosher] from Horace Traubel 1904...Given to H.T. by Whitman.

Dates: 1872

Portrait of Walt Whitman, 1872

 Item
Identifier: 1976.015.1.9.2
Scope and Contents

Reproduction of a signed studio portrait of Walt Whitman; pictured in hat, suit coat, vest and tie. His open hand is held up behind his ear, with his elbow on a desk top. Reproduced from the original, taken of Whitman in Brooklyn in 1871.

Dates: 1872

Walt Whitman as "The Good Gray Poet", 1869

 Item
Identifier: 1976.015.1.8.2
Scope and Contents

Portrait of Walt Whitman, reproduced for the Walt Whitman Sesquicentennial Commemorative series of postcards; this postcard is No. 5. Caption reads: Walt Whitman as "The Good Gray Poet" after the Civil War.

Dates: 1869