Edgar Allan Poe, Samuel Stillman Osgood, 1845

This portrait, a gift to the new-york historical society from poe's literary executor, was painted from life in 1845, the year poe wrote "the raven. " in 1844 his wanderings from job to job had taken him to new york, where he became editor of the "broadway journal," and where osgood painted his portrait. Poe knew osgood's wife, frances sargent osgood, with whom he exchanged romantic poems. Object Type: painting. Date: 1845. Place of creation: New York. Dimensions: height: 67.9 cm (26.7 in); width: 55.9 cm (22 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: New-York Historical Society. Edgar Allan Poe by Samuel S Osgood, 1845