[Edgar Allan Poe]

[Edgar Allan Poe]

Photograph

Attributed to Gabriel Harrison

Maker
American, 1818–1902

Marcus Aurelius Root

American, 1808–1888

[Edgar Allan Poe]

ca. 1847
Daguerreotype
quarter plate, (9.0 x 7.0 cm. (oval)
Gift of Mrs. Leonard W. Tregillus
1979.3140.0001
Inscriptions (embossed case lining) "Root's Gallery 140 Chestnut St Philada"

verso, mat (pencil, museum hand): sealed 8/15/78
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