Walt Whitman
(1819-1892), Poet, essayist and journalistWalter ('Walt') Whitman
Sitter in 6 portraits
Walt Whitman was an American poet, journalist, and essayist whose controversial collection of verse, Leaves of Grass (1855), is a landmark in the history of American literature.
by Napoleon Sarony
albumen print, late 1880s-early 1890s
NPG P1700(10b)
by Unknown photographer
albumen print on card, 1860
NPG Ax160621
by Unknown photographer
albumen print on card, 1860s
NPG Ax160622
by Napoleon Sarony
albumen cabinet card, late 1880s-early 1890s
NPG x15420
by Napoleon Sarony, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s (1889 or before)
NPG x27376
by Moritz Klinkicht, supplement to the Illustrated London News, after Napoleon Sarony
wood engraving, published 16 November 1889
NPG D37573
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