BIB_ID
459433
Accession number
MA 644.18
Creator
Savastano, Frank S., 1886-1969, photographer.
Description
1 photograph : gelatin silver ; 229 x 175 mm; inlaid in sheet: 274 x 176 mm
Notes
Photograph of the painting by Thomas Sully.
Photograph inlaid in sheet, with caption in ink below: Virginia Clemm Poe / (wife of Edgar Allan Poe) / From the painting by Thomas Sully. NNPM
Part of a collection of letters and manuscripts related to Edgar Allan Poe. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record (MA 644) for more information. NNPM
High reserve.
Photograph inlaid in sheet, with caption in ink below: Virginia Clemm Poe / (wife of Edgar Allan Poe) / From the painting by Thomas Sully. NNPM
Part of a collection of letters and manuscripts related to Edgar Allan Poe. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record (MA 644) for more information. NNPM
High reserve.
Inscriptions/Markings
On verso:8713 / Thomas Sully / 39 x 30 / Virginia Clemm Poe; photographer's stamp, "Photograph by / F.S. Savastano / New York", with negative number 8713. NNPM
Summary
Photograph of Thomas Sully's portrait of Virginia Clemm Poe, 3/4 length, facing slightly left, picking flowers in an outdoor setting.
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