BIB_ID
214028
Accession number
MA 8658
Display Date
Providence, R.I. : Masury and Hartshorn, 1848
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; frame: 4 x 5 3/4 inches (102 x 146 mm); image: 1 15/16 x 2 11/16 inches (48 x 73 mm)
Notes
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan with Poe's autograph letter signed to John Augustus Shea, dated [New York, 3 February 1845], which contains the earliest surviving portion of "The Raven" in Poe's autograph (MA 621), now housed separately.
High reserve.
One of five contemporary copies of the "Ultima Thule" daguerrotype by Samuel Masury and S.W. Hartshorn, Providence, Rhode Island, 9 November 1848.
High reserve.
One of five contemporary copies of the "Ultima Thule" daguerrotype by Samuel Masury and S.W. Hartshorn, Providence, Rhode Island, 9 November 1848.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the dealer G.S. Hellman, 22 April 1909.
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