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This
engraving of Edgar Allan
Poe was published in
the Century Magazine for
October
of 1894. It reproduces the daguerreotype owned by Robert Lee Traylor.
It
was originally owned by Poe's fiancee, Sarah Elmira Shelton. This
daguerreotype,
and a very similar one known as the "Thompson" Daguerreotype, were
taken
in the studio of William A. Pratt in Richmond, Virginia, probably in
September
of 1849 (Deas, Portraits, p. 58).
The "Davidson" portrait, used as the frontispiece for S. S. Rice's Edgar
Allan Poe: A Memorial Volume (Baltimore: Turnbull Brothers, 1877),
is a greatly modified copy of this photograph.
The original daguerreotype, which has been badly spoiled by an
ill-considered
attempt at cleaning, is currently owned by the Poe Foundation in
Richmond. |
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