Text: Anonymous, “[A Daguerreotype of Poe],” Southern Literary Messenger (Richmond, VA), vol. 17, no. 4, April 1853, p. 253, col. 2

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A very excellent daguerreotype likeness of Poe, taken just before his death, may be seen at Pratt & Co's Gallery, 145 Main Street. It is a little remarkable that no accurate portrait of him was engraved for any edition of his works. That which appears in the recent collection, edited by Griswold, resembles him scarcely at all.

It may not be out of the way to say here that Pratt has recently fitted up his Gallery in a very sumptuous style, and added an immense window furnishing a skylight of great power. Some of his recent likenesses are admirable specimens of he art as it has been perfected of late years. A number of them have been sent to the World's Fair, and Pratt need not fear to submit them to the severe criticism of the visiters to this wonderful exhibition.