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Artist
Welch & Walter Engraving Company, active 1846 - 1848?
Copy after
A. C. Smith
Sitter
Edgar Allan Poe, 19 Jan 1809 - 7 Oct 1849
Date
1844
Type
Print
Medium
Stipple and line engraving on paper
Dimensions
Image: 15.7 × 12 cm (6 3/16 × 4 3/4")
Sheet: 30 × 24.2 cm (11 13/16 × 9 1/2")
Topic
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Tie
Edgar Allan Poe: Male
Edgar Allan Poe: Literature\Writer\Poet
Edgar Allan Poe: Journalism and Media\Magazine editor
Edgar Allan Poe: Literature\Writer\Novelist
Edgar Allan Poe: Literature\Literary critic
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution