Description: “Man seated cross-legged in an armchair beside a table on which
are placed a lamp and an open book. He is gazing intently at a group of female spirits which
pass before him. A raven is perched on a marble bust upper left,”
(Surtees,
A Catalogue Raisonné
, vol. 1, 4). Sketched in the background is a bookcase and a
picture hanging on the wall beside it.
Copyright: © V&A Images/Victoria and Albert Museum
Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This is perhaps the most striking of the series of drawings that DGR executed in 1846-1848 for Poe's poem.
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