About the Artwork
Walt Whitman
1891
Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins
1844-1916
American
Unknown
Platinum print
Image (and sheet): 3 5/8 inches × 3 inches (9.2 × 7.6 cm)
Photographs
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Feinberg
F78.104
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Markings
Inscribed on verso, erased: 18
Labeled on verso: EAKINS 1891 | SAUNDERS #118 Labeled on verso: 9 (on its side) | EAKINS 1891 | SAUNDERS #118
Provenance
1979-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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“Family Art Game.” DIA Advertising Supplement, Detroit Free Press, April 26, 1981, p. 24 (ill.).
"Special Photography Issue." Printable News, September 1979, p. 6 (ill.).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins, Walt Whitman, 1891, platinum print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Feinberg, F78.104.
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