File:Edgar Allan Poe miniature by John A. McDougall.jpg

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English: Miniature portrait of Edgar Allen Poe, by John Alexander McDougall.

ca. 1846; watercolor on paper, 3 x 2 inches

Original in The Huntington Library, San Marino, California

"The miniature of Edgar Allan Poe from which the above is made, and which has not before been published, was painted from life by J. A. McDougall, in New York City, about 1846, three years before the poet’s death. The artist was a friend of Poe and other literary men of that time. The portrait was given as a wedding present by McDougall to John A. Crockett, from whose widow, now living at Newark, N.J., we have obtained permission to reproduce it. "
Date painted circa 1846
date QS:P,+1846-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
, published June 1910
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(June 1910). "An Unpublished Portrait of Poe". Century Magazine: 280.

http://www.eapoe.org/papers/misc1921/deasf11a.htm
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John Alexander McDougall  (–1894)  wikidata:Q20203252
 
John Alexander McDougall
Alternative names
John A. McDougall; James Alexander McDougall; John A. MacDougall; John Alexander MacDougall; J. A. McDougall
Description American painter and miniature painter
Date of birth/death 1810s
date QS:P,+1810-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
 Edit this at Wikidata		 29 July 1894 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Livingston Edit this at Wikidata Newark Edit this at Wikidata
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United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q20203252

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