Gilder Palmer Family Archive
Portrait of Walt Whitman
Artist unknown — ca. 1890
- Artist: Unknown
- Medium: Oil
- Date: ca. 1890
Price$2,500
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A late 19th-century oil painting presenting a contemplative likeness of American poet Walt Whitman, rendered with a warm, earthy palette and expressive brushwork. The portrait's unvarnished realism and quiet dignity resonate with the spirit of Whitman's poetry — rooted in individuality, nature, and the American experience.
