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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

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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

Verification Level

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