Walt Whitman's Birthplace

1927

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 4 7/16 x 6 3/8 in. (11.2 x 16.2 cm) Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 13/16 in. (16.5 x 25 cm)
Collection no.: 40.30.5
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Walt Whitman's Birthplace — Childe Hassam. 1927.

Medium: Etching. Dimensions: Plate: 4 7/16 x 6 3/8 in. (11.2 x 16.2 cm) Sheet: 6 1/2 x 9 13/16 in. (16.5 x 25 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Childe Hassam, 1940.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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