Image of Walt Whitman from 1855 Edition of "Leaves of Grass"

Examine this famous steel engraving (from a daguerreotype) of Whitman, used to introduce his revolutionary volume of poetry Leaves of Grass in 1855.

Image of Walt Whitman from 1855 Edition of Leaves of Grass


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