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Walt Whitman

(American, 1844–1916)
about 1887
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions13.97 x 13.33 cm (5 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number30.122
On View
On view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceAbout 1887, the artist; 1916, by descent to the artist's wife, Susan Macdowell Eakins, Philadelphia. Samuel Murray, Philadelphia (student of Eakins). 1930, with William M. Griscom, Jr.; 1930, sold by the Griscom Gallery to the MFA with 30.123 for $1,000. (Accession Date: March 6, 1930)