Portal:Edgar Allan Poe/Selected picture archive

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Contents 1 August 2007 2 September 2007 3 October 2007 4 November 2007 5 December 2007 6 January 2008 7 February 2008 8 March 2008 9 April 2008 10 May 2008

[edit] August 2007

One of several illustrations by Gustave Doré made for "The Raven," this image (number 15) depicts the moment when the eponymous raven perches on a bust of Pallas. Doré's illustrations were first published in New York City in 1884; each refers to a specific line of the poem.

[edit] September 2007

The University of Virginia has preserved the dorm room on The Range believed to have been used by Poe during his time studying there in 1826. This image was taken by Rufus W. Holsinger in October of 1915.

[edit] October 2007

Illustration for "The Black Cat" by English illustrator Aubrey Beardsley.

[edit] November 2007

Preserved early home of Edgar Allan Poe in Baltimore, Maryland, now open as the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum.

[edit] December 2007

The only surviving image of Eliza Poe, Edgar's mother, done in watercolor. On the back of it, she had written to her son, "ever love Boston, the place of his birth, and where his mother found her best, and most sympathetic friends." (Silverman, Kenneth. Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance (1991), p. 38)

[edit] January 2008

This plaque at the end of Carver St. in Boston, Massachusetts commemorates the birthplace of Edgar Poe, somewhere near here. Poe was born on January 19, 1809, though the exact location is uncertain. This plaque hangs next to a luggage store.

[edit] February 2008

It was in this room and this bed that Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe, wife of Edgar Allan Poe, died on January 30, 1847. The room and bed are preserved by the Bronx Historical Society at the Poe Cottage, open to the public

[edit] March 2008

Fort Independence (Massachusetts), where Poe was stationed while in the Army.

[edit] April 2008

Illustration for "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Harry Clarke (1919).

[edit] May 2008

Prior to 1847, Poe did not have a mustache, instead preferring long sideburns. This is how he was depicted in an idealized oil portrait by Samuel Stillman Osgood, husband of Frances Sargent Osgood.