03336ckm a22005777a 4500 12005076 20250606182001.9 kh|boc cr|||| 000511s1873 paunnn kneng 12005076 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-printpho in P&P BAR 04-15-00; to P&P refile 05-17-00; qw30 2018-12r; qw03 2023-09r 00650591 (DLC)12005076 (DLC) 00650591 LC-DIG-ppmsca-07141 DLC (digital file from original photo) LC-USZ62-124410 DLC (b&w film copy neg.) DLC eng dcrmg DLC LOT 12017, box 1 [item] Phillips & Taylor, photographer. [Walt Whitman, half-length portrait, seated, facing left, wearing hat and sweater, holding butterfly] [graphic]. [1873] 1 photograph : albumen print on card mount ; sheet 14.6 x 10 cm, mount 21.6 x 15.8 cm. still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia sheet nb rdacarrier Signed in purple ink. Photograph by Phillips & Taylor, Philadelphia. Title devised by Library staff. Saunders, no. 48 No known restrictions on publication. Caption from Library exhibition, Revising Himself: Walt Whitman and the Leaves of Grass (2005): "This photograph, taken in 1877, was one of Whitman's favorites. He used the butterfly-on-hand as a recurring motif in his books and intended for this photo to be reproduced as the frontispiece in a sample proof of Leaves from 1891. To foster the image of himself as one with nature, he claimed that insect was real and one of his "good friends." But a band visible around Whitman's finger matches the wire under the butterfly artifact. This colorful cardboard prop was tucked into one of the first Whitman notebooks donated to the Library in 1918. The word "Easter" is printed down its spine. Dr. Bucke, one of his literary heirs, said the butterfly was Psyche, the poet's soul." Forms part of: Feinberg-Whitman Collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress. Exhibited: "Distance Avails Not: Walt Whitman at 200", Literary and Historical Manuscripts, at The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, June 14, 2019 - September 15, 2019. Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Poets 1870-1880. lctgm Butterflies 1870-1880. lctgm Studio props 1870-1880. lctgm Portrait photographs 1870-1880. gmgpc Albumen prints 1870-1880. gmgpc Feinberg, Charles E., 1899- Feinberg-Whitman collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2004678827 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print digital file from original photo ppmsca 07141 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.07141 b&w film copy neg. cph 3c24410 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c24410 pp/cph pp/exh L4105 pp/exh L5184 #26 pp/diof c-P&P