Walt Whitman, 1879

  • Napoleon Sarony, American, 1821-1896

Gelatin silver print

  • Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 7/8 inches (14 × 9.8 cm) Mount: 6 1/2 × 4 3/8 inches (16.5 × 11.1 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Feinberg

F1983.271

Printed in black, on mount, lower left: Sarony Lower right: 256 FIFTH AVENUE, | NEW YORK Mount verso, center: Sarony | 256 | FIFTH AVENUE | NEW YORK Lower center: NEGATIVE NO

Inscribed in negative, lower left: Sarony [underlined] 5TH AV. N.Y. In pencil, on mount verso, lower center: 34090

1984-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Saunders, Henry S. Whitman Portraits. Toronto, 1922, no. 57 (ill.).

Napoleon Sarony, Walt Whitman, 1879, gelatin silver print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Feinberg, F1983.271.