With Walt Whitman in Camden: List of Illustrations with links

With Walt Whitman in Camden: List of Illustrations with links

The following list provides links to illustrations featured in the print edition of With Walt Whitman in Camden. Where possible the links go to clearer images on-line. Additionally, some alternate illustrations appropriate to the book are linked. Words in brackets are mine; otherwise captions are as they appear in the lists of illustrations in the original volumes. WWA stands for The Walt Whitman Archive.

VOLUME ONE

Last Will and Testament of Walt Whitman, “In his own handwriting, properly witnessed, June 29, 1888.” [via WWA (partial image of fold-out in print edition) LINK. In print, via newspaper.com LINK ]

Walt Whitman. From a photograph by Spieler, about 1869. [Collection Ohio Wesleyan University, Bayley Collection. Photograph is attributed to G. Frank Pearsall and dated ca. 1869 – 1872 in The Walt Whitman Archive. LINK]

Whitman’s inscription in one of Horace Traubel’s copies of Complete Poems and Prose (1889) [via WWA LINK ]

William Douglas O’Connor. From a photograph by Merritt & Wood, 1887. [Collection Library of Congress. LINK A larger image: LINK ]

Mickle Street, Camden, New Jersey. Drawn by Harry Fenn, from a photograph by Dr. John Johnston. [The original photo in Collection of Library of Congress. LINK ]

A Stray Scrap of Whitman’s Manuscript: “Go on, my dear Americans.” [via WWA LINK ]

A Tennyson Letter to Walt Whitman [Collection Library of Congress LINK ]

Robert G. Ingersoll. From a photograph by Houseworth & Co., 1877 [Collection J. Paul Getty Museum. LINK ]

Joaquin Miller, Paris, 1874. [This links to a different photo than that in the book, which shows Miller with no beard, only a mustache. This photo: Attributed to Mathew Brady, circa 1870–80. Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. LINK ]

Richard Maurice Bucke. From a photograph by Edy Bros., 1896 [Wikimedia Commons. LINK

John Addington Symonds. From a photograph by C. V. Bark, about 1872 [This link is to a different photo, one that Symonds autographed and sent to WW., who praised it highly. Feinberg-Whitman Collection, Library of Congress. LINK ]

John Burroughs. From a photograph by J. Golden, about 1870. [This is not the same photo as in the book, but it does show Burroughs as he would have looked when he knew Whiman. (Most pictures of Burroughs show him as an old man.) Archives & Special Collections Library, Vassar. Unattributed. 1860s. LINK ]

Edward Carpenter. About 1879. [“Edward Carpenter at 43.” from Gutenberg.org reproduction of A Life of Walt Whitman, by Henry Bryan Binns. London, 1905. LINK ]

Daniel G. Brinton. About 1899. [“SKETCH OF DANIEL GARRISON BRINTON.” Published in Popular Science Monthly Volume 38 April 1891 LINK ]

Walt Whitman. From the painting by Thomas Eakins, 1887. [Charles Bregler’s Thomas Eakins Collection, PAFA LINK ]

Richard Watson Gilder. From a photograph by George C. Cox, about 1880 . [Full body photo of Gilder by Cox. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Feinberg, Collection Detroit Institute of Arts. LINK

“Shakespere-Bacon’s Cipher.” A proof-slip of one of Whitman’s Poems for private distribution set up at the printing office of Henry Curtz. via WWA. LINK  

A Letter of Introduction from Walt Whitman. [via WWA. LINK ]

Walt Whitman. From the plaster bust by Sidney Morse, 1887. Collection Library of Congress. LINK ]

A Page from the Symonds Letter to Walt Whitman. [ via WWA LINK ]

A Lanier Letter to Walt Whitman. [ via WWA LINK LINK LINK ]

Frank B. Sanborn. From a photograph by Gehrig & Windeatt. [Unattributed photo scanned from Oswald Garrison Villard, John Brown 1800-1859: A Biography Fifty Years After (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1911). This photo, more than the one in the book, shows Sanborn around age 50, as he would have been in 1881, when Walt met him on his visit to Concord, Massachusetts. LINK

Thomas B. Harned. From a photograph by Allen Cook, 1904. [This shows a painting by Thomas Eakins, circa 1890, when Walt was still alive. via wikimedia commons LINK ]

Walt Whitman. From a photograph by Brady, about 1867. [Picture in book is oval-framed. Uncropped version, collection J. Paul Getty Museum. via Walt Whitman Archive. LINK

John Addington Symonds’s Home at Davos Platz. [Sketch by Catherine Symonds, JAS’s wife. via padraigrooney.co LINK ]

Anne Gilchrist. From a photograph by Miss Davison, 1884 [via PBS.org LINK ]

Walt Whitman. From a photograph by Brady, about 1862. [Collection Library of Congress. LINK ]

Walt Whitman. From a photograph by Gardner, about 1864. [Library of Congress. LINK ]

A Page of a Note from Lord Houghton to Walt Whitman [via Walt Whitman Archive. LINK ]

Walt Whitman. From a photograph by Gardner, 1863. [Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia. via Walt Whitman Archive LINK ]

Rudolf Schmidt. From a photograph by Sinding, about 1872. [via WWA LINK ]

Horace Traubel. From a photograph by Allen Cook, 1904. [The photo linked to here is a younger picture of Traubel—more the way he would have looked with Walt Whitman, in Camden. via WWA LINK ]

A Page from a Dowden Letter to Walt Whitman. [via WWA LINK ]

Elias Hicks. From a copper plate by Peter Maverick after a painting from life by Henry Inman. [Library of Congress. LINK ]

Augusta (Traubel) Harned. From a photograph by Gutekunst. [via WWA LINK ]

VOLUME TWO

Walt Whitman. From a photograph by Sarony. [Clifton Waller Barrett Library of American Literature, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library. via WWA LINK ]

A Page from a Burroughs Letter to Walt Whitman. [ VIA WWA LINK ]

Rudolf Schmidt. From a photograph. [ via WWA LINK ]

A Page from a Dowden Letter to Walt Whitman. [ VIA WWA LINK ]

Original Manuscript of Whitman’s Poem, “The Sobbing of the Bells.” [ VIA WWA LINK ]

A Page from a Bayard Taylor Letter to Walt Whitman. [ VIA WWA LINK ]

Edward Dowden. From a photograph, 1889. [ VIA WWA LINK ]

Walt Whitman. From a photograph by Henry Ulke & Bro., 1871. [Ohio Wesleyan University, Bayley Collection, VIA WWA LINK

Letter to Walt Whitman from J.Q.A. Ward. [ VIA WWA LINK ]

A Page from an Oscar Wilde Letter to Walt Whitman. [ VIA WWA LINK ]

First Draft Manuscript of One Verse of Whitman’s “My Captain.” [ VIA WWA LINK ]

Walt Whitman. From a photograph by J. Gurney & Son, 1865. [Library of Congress, Charles E. Feinberg Collection. VIA WWA LINK ]

Walt Whitman. From a photograph, during the War. [Mathew Brady. Library of Congress LINK]

Walt Whitman. From a photograph by W. Kurtz, 1860. [Library of Congress. LINK]

Walt Whitman. From a photograph by W. Kurtz, 1860. [Library of Congress LINK ]

VOLUME THREE

Morse’s Plaster Model of Walt Whitman in a Rocking Chair. [VIA WWA LINK]

Walt Whitman’s “copy” and Instructions to the Printer for the Printing of Labels for “Complete Poems and Prose.” [VIA WWA LINK]

Four Page Letter from Walt Whitman to William O’Connor September 28, 1869. [VIA WWA LINK 1 LINK 2 LINK 3 LINK 4]

Receipt (No. 1) Given by Oliver Dyer to Walt Whitman June 17, 1857. [VIA WWA LINK]

Receipt (No. 2) Given by Oliver Dyer to Walt Whitman June 17, 1857. [VIA WWA LINK]

Count Adam de Gurowski. From a photograph by Rockwood & Co., 1888. [VIA The Vault at Pfaff’s LINK]

Walt Whitman From a photograph, 1888. [Alexander Gardner. Detroit Institute of Arts. LINK]

Walt Whitman. From a photograph. [George C. Cox. via WWA LINK]

Walt Whitman’s written account of the interview between Mr. Ashton and Secretary Harlan. July 1, 1865. [VIA WWA LINKS 01 02 03 04 05 06]

Walt Whitman. From a photograph, 1873. [George C. Potter. Ohio Wesleyan University, Bayley Collection. via WWA LINK]

Walt Whitman and His Rebel Soldier Friend, Pete Doyle, 1889. [Library of Congress LINK]

Sidney Morse. From a photograph by Metcalf & Welldon, 1889. [via WWA LINK]

Walt Whitman From a photograph, 1889. [Edy Brothers. Ohio Wesleyan University, Bayley Collection. via WWA LINK]

VOLUME FOUR

Walt Whitman. Frontispiece. Hitherto unpublished photograph, undated and unsigned. From the collection of Anne Montgomerie Traubel. [Mathew Brady. via WWA LINK]

“Poetes Modernes de L’Amerique: Walt Whitman”—Sarrazin’s Autograph. Gabriel Sarrazin’s review-article in La Nouvelle Revue, May 1, 1888, pp. 164-84. From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg, Detroit.[VIA WWA LINK]

Last Page of “The Suppression of Leaves of Grass.” [W.D. O’Connor’s letter of May 25, 1882, published in the New York Tribune, attacking Oliver Stevens, District Attorney of Boston, who forced the withdrawal of the 1881 edition by Osgood and Company From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg, Detroit. via WWA LINK]

W.D. O’Connor’s letter of May 25, 1882, published in the New York Tribune, attacking Oliver Stevens, District Attorney of Boston, who forced the withdrawal of the 1881 edition by Osgood and Company. From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg, Detroit. [via WWA LINK]

Emerson to Whitman, July 21, 1855. The famous letter in which Emerson wrote, “I greet you at the beginning of a great career,” here for the first time published in complete facsimile. In actual size, with envelopes. From the collection of Anne Montgomerie Traubel. [VIA WWA LINKS 01 02 03 04 05 06 07

Whitman’s Royalty Income, 1889. Autograph receipt to David McKay for royalty, March 28, 1889 From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg, Detroit Matching entry, dated March 26, 1889, in David McKay’s account book. From the collection of the University of Pennsylvania Library. [VIA WWA LINK]

VOLUME FIVE

Walt Whitman from Life, Aug. 6, 1889. From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg. [Library of Congress LINK]

THE FOLLOWING ARE INSERTED IN THE MAY 30, 1889 POST OF THE PRINTED VOLUME. VIA WWA LINK

  • A Letter from Walt Whitman to Oldach (Binder). From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg
  • Entry from the First Page of Walt Whitman’s Commonplace Book, Second Volume. From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg. 
  • Walt Whitman with Jeanette and Nigel Cholmelly-Jones, Niece and Nephew of Jeanette Gilder. From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg. 
  • Horace Traubel’s Ticket for the Walt Whitman Testimonial Banquet. Courtesy of Gertrude Traubel. 
  • Gabriel Sarrazin. Courtesy of Bernard Sarrazin
  • Hamlin Garland. From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg. 
  • Trial Make-up Page (Unused) for Frontispiece of “Camden’s Compliment to Walt Whitman.” From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg. 
  • Whitman’s Revised Autobiographic Note and His Copy for Advertisements: Both to Be Used in “Camden’s Compliment to Walt Whitman.” From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg
  • Directions by Walt Whitman to Oldach (Binder), on Wrapper of Package. From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg. 
  • Manuscript Page in Richard Maurice Bucke’s Copy of Leaves of Grass, Pocket-Book Edition. From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg. 
  • Walt Whitman, April 15, 1887. From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg. 
  • Partial Draft and Trial Lines for the Poem “Death Valley.” From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg. 
  • Richard Maurice Bucke Among His Books. From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg. 
  • Harrison S. Morris and Horace Traubel, Sept. 1, 1890. Courtesy of Gertrude Traubel
  • Mary Whitall Smith, 1884. From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg. 
  • Alice (Alys) Smith. Courtesy of Mrs. Barbara Halpern
  • Robert Pearsall Smith. From the collection of Charles E. Feinberg. 
  • Edward Wilkins. Courtesy of Gertrude Traubel
  • Geoffrey Buckwalter. Courtesy of Mrs. Ruth S. Evans. 

VOLUME SIX

From the Feinberg Collection. Used with the kind permission of Charles E. Feinberg

PEN-AND-INK SKETCH OF HORACE L. TRAUBEL, From a photograph made in 1916. [via WWA LINK]

WARREN FRITZINGER WITH THE POET IN 1890 [Ohio Wesleyan University, Bayley Collection. VIA WWA LINK]

MICKLE STREET, CAMDEN, IN 1890 [Library of Congress. LINK]

“LAST WORDS” IN WHITMAN’S HAND. [Not sure if this is the correct illustration; WWA digital online version doesn’t show the illustrations. However, it’s worth a look anyway. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. VIA WWA LINK]

FRANCIS HOWARD WILLIAMS [This is probably not the illustration in the original print book; it is of FH Williams’ family, not FH Williams himself. It would be easy to be creeped out by this— woman’s face scratched out, boy cradling gun. Library of Congress. LINK]

VOLUME SEVEN

WALT WHITMAN, 1887 [Library of Congress LINK]

THE FOLLOWING ARE IN THE NOVEMBER 5, 1890 POST OF THE PRINTED VOLUME. VIA WWA LINK

  • HORACE TRAUBEL’S MANUSCRIPT PAGE OF With Walt Whitman in Camden FOR JULY 7, 1890
  • DR. JOHN JOHNSTON, APRIL 22, 1891
  • DAVID MCKAY, JUNE 1, 1883
  • WILLIAM SLOANE KENNEDY, 1924
  • NELLIE O’CONNOR, C. 1890-95
  • WALT WHITMAN’S BEDROOM, 1890
  • MANUSCRIPT OF WALT WHITMAN’S “SPEECH” GIVEN AT INGERSOLL TESTIMONIAL LECTURE, OCTOBER 21, 1890
  • DRAFT MANUSCRIPT OF “THE UNEXPRESS’D,” 1890

VOLUME EIGHT

WALT WHITMAN IN HIS CAMDEN BEDROOM, MAY 24, 1891. Photograph by Dr. William Reeder. Courtesy Rare Books and Manuscripts Division, New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations. [VIA WWA LINK]

THE FOLLOWING ARE IN THE NOVEMBER 5, 1890 POST OF THE PRINTED VOLUME. VIA WWA LINK

  • DRAFT MANUSCRIPT TITLE PAGE OF GOOD-BYE MY FANCY, 1891. Courtesy Library of Congress, Feinberg Collection.
  • ANNE MONTGOMERIE TRAUBEL. Courtesy Library of Congress, Horace L. Traubel Collection.
  • HORACE L. TRAUBEL. Courtesy Library of Congress, Horace L. Traubel Collection.
  • MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE WRITTEN BY WALT WHITMAN FOR ANNE MONTGOMERIE AND HORACE L. TRAUBEL, 1891. Courtesy Library of Congress, Horace L. Traubel Collection. 
  • SAMUEL MURRAY, THOMAS EAKINS, WILLIAM O’DONOVAN, AND HARRY THE DOG, C. 1891-3. Photographer unknown. Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Charles Bregler Archival Collection.
  • MRS. MARY OAKES DAVIS, 1891. Platinum Print by Thomas Eakins (19.5×24.1 cm). Courtesy The J. Paul Getty Museum.
  • J. W. WALLACE AND R. M. BUCKE IN BOLTON, ENGLAND, AUGUST 1891. Courtesy Library of Congress, Horace L. Traubel Collection.
  • THE BOLTON “COLLEGE,” MAY 31, 1899. Courtesy Library of Congress, Horace L. Traubel Collection.

VOLUME NINE

HORACE TRAUBEL, 1919. Courtesy Library of Congress, Horace L. Traubel Collection. [VIA WWA LINK]

FACSIMILE OF LETTER – WALT WHITMAN TO DR. JOHN JOHNSTON, BOLTON, ENGLAND, FEBRUARY 6 AND 7, 1892. Courtesy Library of Congress, Feinberg Collection. [VIA WWA LINK]

WALT WHITMAN, MAY 1891. Four photographs by Thomas Eakins, Courtesy National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. [Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966. LINK / LINK / LINK / LINK

WALT WHITMAN’S TOMB, HARLEIGH CEMETERY, CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY. Courtesy Whitman House, Camden, New Jersey. [via WWA LINK]

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF THE POEM “A THOUGHT OF COLUMBUS”, 1892. Courtesy Library of Congress, Feinberg Collection. [VIA WWA LINK]