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1946

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1963

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Drawing, Illustration for The Complete Poems and Stories of Edgar Allan Poe

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer and written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by Alfred A. Knopf. It is dated 1946 and we acquired it in 1963. Its medium is brush and black watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Mrs. Edward McKnight Kauffer. It is credited Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.

Its dimensions are

33 × 24 cm (13 × 9 7/16 in.)

It is signed

Signed in pen and black ink, at bottom right corner: Edgar A. Poe (Tales) / E. McKnight Kauffer [partially underlined]

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite along right edge of page, vertically oriented: – 3 ¾ “ –

Cite this object as

Drawing, Illustration for The Complete Poems and Stories of Edgar Allan Poe; Designed by Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, active England, 1890–1954); Written by Edgar Allan Poe; Published by Alfred A. Knopf; USA; brush and black watercolor on paper; 33 × 24 cm (13 × 9 7/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer; 1963-39-482

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