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en: A photograph of a daguerreotype of Edgar Allan Poe 1848, first published 1880.

  • Taken by Edwin H. Manchester, Providence, Rhode Island, on November 9th, 1848
  • Photograph taken in 1904 by C.T. Tatman.
  • From LoC "Famous People" collection , Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-10610
  • Note: The LOC image is from a copy of a copy; the original has been missing since 1860; see Michael J. Deas, The Portraits and Photographs of Edgar Allan Poe University Press of Virginia, 1988, p. 40.


de: Daguerreotypie von Edgar Allan Poe 1848, erste Veröffentlichung 1880

Español: Daguerrotipo de Edgar Allan Poe en 1848, a la edad de 39 años, un año antes de su muerte.
  • Daguerreotypie: Edwin H. Manchester, Providence, Rhode Island, November, 1848
  • Quelle: LoC "Famous People" collection , Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-10610


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