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| Keywords: Walt Whitman by Alexander Gardner, 1863.jpg From http //www whitmanarchive org/multimedia/image013 html Whitman Archive <br>Whitman identifies this photograph as taken from life 1863 / war time Washington / D C He referred to this as the best picture of all and recalls a reporter writing about it that Whitman had been photographed in his night-dress a comment that Whitman said made Gardner fiery mad This is no doubt the photo Whitman had in mind when he wrote in an 1869 Washington Chronicle article about the best portraits of himself and noted Mr Gardiner sic on Seventh street has a capital photo <br><br>Late in his life Whitman described the photo as having Almost the old professor look Whitman said that Thomas Eakins preferred this photo to all others Eakins likes it ” says it is the most powerful picture of me extant ” always excepting his own to be sure Looking at the photo Whitman mused How well I was then ” not a sore spot ” full of initiative vigor joy ” not much belly but grit fibre hold solidity Indeed all through those years ” that period ” I was at my best ” physically at my best mentally every way Feinberg-Whitman Collection Library of Congress 1863 Creator Alexander Gardner No known restrictions on publication LOC-image ppmsca 07545 PD-old-100 PD-US Cropped repaired minor damage Photographs of Walt Whitman Alexander Gardner 1863 portrait photographs | ||||
