Edgar Allan Poe From 'The Book' January, 1909

From sleeve: Poe - photo. negative of Poe portrait appearing on magazine cover The Book, Ja 1909.This photograph shows an image of a daguerrotype of Edgar Allan Poe that appeared in a printed publication. The image depicts Poe seated with a feather quill in his right hand. He is wearing a black suit jacket, vest, and necktie with a white shirt on underneath. The text printed above the image, reads January, 1909.] The Boo[k] with the k cut off at the end. The captions underneath the image read From daguerrotype taken in 1849. Edgar Allan Poe. The top portion of a line of printed text is visible at the bottom of the photograph.