I have a silk picture, which I think is some kind of print of E.A.Poe There is a signature on the bottom that says, "Edgar A. Poe. There is a line connecting the E going all the way and connecting to the P. I've looked a one signature of Poe on the internet and there seems to be some things alike and some different. Has anyone ever seen Poe's signature that is similar to this. The picture is really wonderful. Thanks for any help you can give me.

-- Anonymous, September 26, 2002

Answers

I seen it on a paiting of him with a raven (from the poem "The Raven". So it is his.

-- Anonymous, September 26, 2002

I saw that print on eBay. The engraving is from the 1880s, and the silk print presumably about the same time. The signature is surely a facsimile, commonly produced with portraits of Poe.

-- Anonymous, September 26, 2002