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![[Walt Whitman, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing hat, hands in coat pockets]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvd2FsdC13aGl0bWFuLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC13ZWFyaW5nLWhhdC1oYW5kcy1pbi1jb2F0LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/422/jpg "[Walt Whitman, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing hat, hands in coat pockets]")
![Prof. Henry Peters [?] Gray, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTUvMDEvMDEvcHJvZi1oZW5yeS1wZXRlcnMtZ3JheS0yLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/57/webp "Prof. Henry Peters [?] Gray, Glass negative photograph, American Civil War time.")
![[Walt Whitman, full-length portrait, standing with hand in pocket and holding hat]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDkvd2FsdC13aGl0bWFuLWZ1bGwtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXN0YW5kaW5nLXdpdGgtaGFuZC1pbi1wb2NrZXQtYW5kLWhvbGRpbmctMjRjNzJjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[Walt Whitman, full-length portrait, standing with hand in pocket and holding hat]")
![[Walt Whitman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing hat]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvd2FsdC13aGl0bWFuLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC13ZWFyaW5nLWhhdC0wMzllOTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/60/webp "[Walt Whitman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left, wearing hat]")
![[Walt Whitman, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing hat and sweater, holding butterfly]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NzMvMDEvMDEvd2FsdC13aGl0bWFuLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC13ZWFyaW5nLWhhdC1hbmQtc3dlYXRlci0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "[Walt Whitman, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing hat and sweater, holding butterfly]")
![[Walt Whitman, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing hat and sweater, holding butterfly]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDkvd2FsdC13aGl0bWFuLWhhbGYtbGVuZ3RoLXBvcnRyYWl0LXNlYXRlZC1mYWNpbmctbGVmdC13ZWFyaW5nLWhhdC1hbmQtc3dlYXRlci03MWQ1MjAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[Walt Whitman, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing hat and sweater, holding butterfly]")
![[Walt Whitman, Sr., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NDAvMDEvMDEvd2FsdC13aGl0bWFuLXNyLWhlYWQtYW5kLXNob3VsZGVycy1wb3J0cmFpdC1mYWNpbmctcmlnaHQtaW4tb3ZhbC02NDAuanBn/40/53/webp "[Walt Whitman, Sr., head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, in oval]")
