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WHITMAN, Walt -- Portraits.] A collection of portraits of Whitman, comprising: SMITH, Xanthis. [Portrait of Walt Whitman] . Oil on canvas, signed on the verso, early 20th century, 490 x 390 mm, in a giltwood frame. This bust-length portrait depicts an older Whitman. -- Bronze portrait of Whitman's right hand, length 220 mm, signed "CB," numbered "10/150" and incised "Walt Whitman's hand Apr. 17 1881." -- MORSE, S.H. A Memory 1887 . Plaster relief bust-length portrait plaque, 310 x 220 mm, incised signature of Whitman reproduced beneath image with incised quotation from John Burroughs: "Not of the day, but of the centuries." -- MCKENZIE, R. Tait. Bronze wall plaque made for the Franklin Inn Club, 102 mm diameter. -- ?SMITHSON, Joseph. Bust-length portrait etching of Whitman, 300 x 210 mm, signed indistinctly in pencil. Framed. -- HARVARD, Stephen. Wood-engraved head portrait of Whitman on broadside, printed above a setting of a section from "Song of Myself," Lincoln, Mass, 1974, LIMITED EDITION, number 124 of 300 signed by Harvard. Framed. -- CRAIG, Edward Gordon. Profile portrait woodcut of Whitman, 82 x 62 mm, framed. -- Contemporary albumen portrait photograph, circa 1879, 155 x 120 mm, inscribed on the verso by Horace Traubel: "Mildred -- Did I ever send you a copy of this photo of W? He hated it because of the pimple on his cheek. Otherwise it's beautiful & he sanctioned it." Framed. -- LINTON, W.J. Wood-engraved head portrait of Whitman, 1872, 100 x 80 mm, framed with title-page of 1876 Author's (sixth) edition of Leaves of Grass . Two items in one frame. Provenance of the previous two items : Sotheby's, 15 December 1986, lot 147. -- Photographic portrait of Whitman, 2 copies printed side-by-side on one sheet, 155 x 215 mm. These show the famous portrait of Whitman used as the frontispiece to his many Author's Editions. Framed. -- PERKINS, Granville. View from Hall Door at Roslyn June 29 1878 . Woodcut, 222 mm oval. Whitman is seen reading on a bench. Framed. -- Photoreproduction portrait of Whitman, an enlargement after the frontispiece used in the Author's Editions. Framed. (13)