| Date: | Probably 1854 |
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| Place: | Unknown, probably New York |
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| Photographer: | Unknown, probably Gabriel Harrison |
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| Note: | Walt Whitman's friend, Dr. Richard Maurice Bucke, called this "the Christ
likeness," and saw signs here of Whitman's illumination, the "moment this
carpenter too became seer. . . and he saw and knew the Spirit of God." Bucke believed
that "something of this spiritual elevation can still be seen" in this
photo. |
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| Type: | Daguerreotype (quarter plate, 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches) |
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| Credit: | New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, Rare Books Division |
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| ID: | 005 |
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