Text: Mary E. Phillips, “Illustration,” Edgar Allan Poe: The Man (1926), illustration, vol. I, p. 19


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Engraved portrait of Admiral John MacBride

ADMIRAL JOHN MACBRIDE, BROTHER OF JANE MCBRIDE POE, POET’S GREAT-GRANDFATHER

From an old engraving giving coat of arms, the thistles pointing to Scotch connection

Original print owned by Hon. R. M. Hogg


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Notes:

Although it is essentially unreadable as reproduced by Miss Phillips, the original of this engraving is noted in the last line of the caption as having been published by J. Gold on April 30, 1808. It was engraved by H. R. Cook, based on a portrait by John Smart.


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