"A Descent into the Maelstrom" by Edgar Allan Poe

Marcel Roux French

Printer Devambez French

Author Edgar Allan Poe American

October 20, 1920

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Title: "A Descent into the Maelstrom" by Edgar Allan Poe
Artist: Marcel Roux (French, Bessenay 1878–1922 Chartres)
Printer: Devambez , Paris
Author: Edgar Allan Poe (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1809–1849 Baltimore, Maryland)
Date: October 20, 1920
Medium: Color woodcut
Dimensions: Overall: 9 5/8 x 7 1/2 x 1/2 in. (24.5 x 19 x 1.2 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1930
Object Number: 30.103.4
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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