Walt Whitman, 1877, holds a cardboard butterfly
Walt Whitman, 1877, holds a cardboard butterfly while seated. The photograph by W. Curtis Taylor was intended to be the frontispiece for a new edition of Leaves of Grass. Whitman said the insect was one of his good friends and mused that the butterfly represented Psyche, the Greek goddess of the soul
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13125343
Media ID
45374312
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2120px x 3000px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
