Hollyer, Samuel, 1826-1919
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1826-02-24 - 1919-12-29
Biography
London artist/engraver.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
Souvenir postcard
Item
Identifier: 1976.015.1.15
Scope and Contents
Portrait of Walt Whitman, reproduced for the Walt Whitman Sesquicentennial Commemorative series of postcards; this postcard is No. 3. Caption reads: Walt Whitman in carpenter's garb - an engraving used as the frontispiece of the first edition of "Leaves of Grass" in 1855...
Dates:
1854 - 1975