About the Artwork
Walt Whitman
1871
George C. Potter (Artist) William James Linton (Artist) English, 1812-1898
Wood engraving
Image: 4 3/4 × 3 1/8 inches (12.1 × 7.9 cm) Sheet: 6 1/8 × 4 1/8 inches (15.6 × 10.5 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Feinberg
F1983.252
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Markings
Inscribed by Walt Whitman, in pencil, bottom: Love to you. | old fellow Vertically, along right edge: Walt Whitman
Stamped in black ink, on verso, lower left: +WBS+ [Lugt 2607]
Provenance
W. Bell Scott [1811-1890] (Lugt 2607). 1984-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Saunders, Henry S. Whitman Portraits. Toronto, 1922, no. 44a (ill.).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
William James Linton; after George C. Potter, Walt Whitman, 1871, wood engraving. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Feinberg, F1983.252.
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