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This
portrait of Edgar Allan Poe
is from an
engraving by Frederick T. Stuart of Boston. It
is based on the "Thompson" Daguerreotype, taken in Richmond, Virginia
in
1849, only a few weeks before Poe's death. The engraving was published
as the frontispiece for the first of George E. Woodberry's two
biographical
attempts about Poe (Edgar Allan Poe, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin,
1885). In 1949, the centennial of Poe's death, the engraving was used
for
a commemorative 3-cent U. S. stamp.
The signature is taken from a letter Poe wrote on March
15,
1844 to
Cornelius Matthews. The original of this letter is in the Huntington
Library.
Poe seems generally to have preferred not to write out his middle
name, although he did use his full name on several occasions. The vast
majority of his letters are signed "Edgar A. Poe," often with a slight
paraph (as for this signature).
This combined image was created specifically for this website. (A
circular border has been added for artistic and practical reasons.) The
Poe Society requests that the image not be used for other purposes,
particularly uncredited and especially not for commercial endeavors.
However, the use of Poe's image is encouraged for educational purposes
and for Poe
Birthday Cakes.
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