About the Artwork
Walt Whitman
1887
George C. Cox
1851-1902
American
Unknown
Platinum print
Image: 8 7/8 × 7 1/4 inches (22.5 × 18.4 cm) Mount: 10 3/4 × 8 inches (27.3 × 20.3 cm)
Photographs
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Feinberg in honor of the 80th birthday of Professor Thelma James
F79.67
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Markings
Inscribed in black ink, on mount, center: Walt Whitman
Photographer's blind stamp, on mount, lower left: COPYRIGHT 1887 | BY GEORGE C. COX.
Provenance
1979-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Saunders, Henry S. Whitman Portraits. Toronto, 1922, no. 95.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
George C. Cox, Walt Whitman, 1887, platinum print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Feinberg in honor of the 80th birthday of Professor Thelma James, F79.67.
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