Creating the perfect bookends to Whitman’s portraits is this engraving (shown right) by Chas Skinner, completed after her death with the use of her first known portrait (shown left) as a reference. The engraving appeared in her posthumous edition of poetry published in 1879, titled Poems by Sarah Helen Whitman.

Whitman had prepared this volume of poetry while on her deathbed, with the intention of publishing it posthumously. After her contributions to various charitable causes and a considerable sum of money given to each of her caretakers, the remaining funds from her estate went to the publication of this book. Poems by Sarah Helen Whitman was one of only two editions of her poetry compiled and published. The first of which was her 1853 volume titled, Hours of Life and Other Poems.