BIB_ID
348165
Accession number
MA 23906
Credit line
Gift of Susan Jaffe Tane in honor of the Morgan's Centennial, 2024.
Description
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; case: approx. 9.3 x 8 cm
Notes
Contemporary sixth-plate copy daguerreotype of Edgar Allan Poe known as the "Annie" daguerreotype, the original believed to have been commissioned by Mrs. Annie ("Nancy") L. Richmond and taken in Lowell, Mass. by an unidentified photographer in the spring or summer of 1849. Cf. Deas, Michael.
High reserve.
Housed in red leather case with clasp.
High reserve.
Housed in red leather case with clasp.
Provenance
Gift of Susan Jaffe Tane in honor of the Morgan's Centennial, 2024.
Summary
Head-and-shoulders portrait, image reversed from the original, with Poe dressed in a dark jacket and vest over a white shirt with a tied cravat or neckband; he poses with one hand inserted beneath his vest which is unbuttoned below the top button.
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