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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: May 29, 2017
Caption: From Life
Additional Description: “His face is a fine one, and well gifted with intellectual beauty.” — Thomas Dunn English in The Aristidean, April 1845

This charming watercolor is one of 13 authenticated portraits done during Poe's lifetime.
Edgar A. Poe by John A. McDougall, Watercolor on paper, ca. 1846
Huntington Library, San Marino, CaliforniaClose-up of photo on marker
Submitted: June 6, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p384703
File Size: 1.319 Megabytes

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