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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