Very Early Portrait of Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman was an early adopter of portrait photography, visiting many different studios in the course of his lifetime.
Louis Daguerre was a French chemist experimenting with the first photographic process. His first exhibition of "Daguerreotypes" appeared in 1838 and became popular immediately.
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Walt Whitman age 29

Early Daguerreotype of Walt Whitman taken in 1848.
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