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Walt Whitman by George C. Potter, ca. early 1870s
This is the original photograph for the well-known Linton engraving. Whitman remembered George Potter as "not a Leaves of Grass man, but friendly to me," and he preferred the photograph to the engraving: "the photo has somewhat that he [the engraver] fails to retain" (Horace Traubel, With Walt Whitman in Camden, Friday, June 6, 1890).
For more information on George C. Potter, see "Notes on Whitman's Photographers."
Photographer: Potter, Geo. C. (George Clinton), 1818–1883
Date: ca. early 1870s
Technique: photograph
Place: Washington (D.C.)
Subject: Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 | Washington (D.C.)
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Metadata for Digital Item
Creator of master digital image: Ohio Wesleyan University, Bayley Collection
Rights: Public Domain. This image may be reproduced without permission.
Work Type: digital image
Date: ca. 1995–ca. 2000