Walt Whitman's birthplace

Walt Whitman's birthplace

Item Information

Title:
Walt Whitman's birthplace
Description:
View of the shingled house from the road leading to it. A wooden fence along the left of the road with a tree behind it.
Artist:
Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935
Name on Item:
CH imp
Date:
January 2, 1927
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Childe Hassam (1859-1935). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Houses
Birthplaces
Trees
Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892
Places:
New York > Long Island (island)
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 12 x 17 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/ft848z158
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Leonard Clayton Gallery: C. 284
Additional information accompanying item: Signed Jany. 2nd, C.H. 1927, in lower right corner. One of the first proofs taken of the plate.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Albert H. Wiggin; January 1951
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Notes (citation):
Leonard Clayton Gallery. "Handbook of the complete set of etchings and drypoints, with 25 illustrations, of Childe Hassam, N.A." The Leonard Clayton Gallery, Inc., 1933, New York.
Notes (object):
Published state.
Trees, shadows in road and on house. Long Island. Fine shading. Plate destroyed.
Identifier:
18_20_000056
Barcode:
36666003817299