P1979.21: Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

P1979.21

People

George Collins Cox, American (1851 - 1902)
Walt Whitman

Title

Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1887

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/174642

Physical Descriptions

Technique

Photogravure

Dimensions

image: 23.9 x 18.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
sheet: 43.3 x 32.5 cm (17 1/16 x 12 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: recto of sheet, upper right, graphite: 1
• inscription: recto of sheet, lower right, graphite: 1.50 [underlined]
  4740
• inscription: verso, upper right, blue crayon: A 1813
• inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: Photo from life by Cox
• inscription: verso, center, graphite: Rec'd June 22, 1915
  (gift of Mr. Sachs)
• inscription: recto, lower left of sheet, black ink, printed: Copyright, 1887, by George C. Cox [over] Photographische Gesellschaft in Berlin
• inscription: recto, lower right of sheet, black ink, printed: 4740 [over] Walt Whitman
• blind stamp: recto, bottom center of sheet: Photographische Gesellschaft Berlin

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1979

Object Number

P1979.21

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

• Timothy Anglin Burgard, "Edmonia Lewis and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Images and Identities", brochure, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1995), p. 12, cat. 62

Exhibition History

• Edmonia Lewis and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Images and Identities, Fogg Art Museum, 02/18/1995 - 05/03/1995

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