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Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

Author Edgar Allan Poe American
Translator Stéphane Mallarmé French
1875
Not on view

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Object Information
  • Title: Once Upon a Midnight Dreary, from "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
  • Series/Portfolio: The Raven
  • Artist: Edouard Manet (French, Paris 1832–1883 Paris)
  • Author: Edgar Allan Poe (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1809–1849 Baltimore, Maryland)
  • Translator: Stéphane Mallarmé (French, 1842–1898)
  • Date: 1875
  • Medium: Lithograph
  • Dimensions: sheet: 13 3/4 x 21 1/16 in. (35 x 53.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
  • Object Number: 24.30.27(2)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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