Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 276 x 226 mm. (10 7/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Plate: 233 x 183 mm. (9 3/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.4619
In this hideous likeness of Poe’s Raven, a bird looms before us. An empty noose hangs from the towering gallows and brawling, bickering ravens in the background suggest death and doom. A poem is engraved onto the ledge where the menacing shadow of the Raven’s open beak reminds us that it is the bird who is speaking. Translated from French, the poem reads in part: “Funeral cry, dark plumage/ I am the rapacious raven/Would you like to see my picture?”
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
The Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, "Dialogues: Words and Images in Art, 1500-1924," January 31, 2014 - April 06,2014, illustrated in brochure.
Brandywine River Museum, "Picturing Poe: Illustrations for Edgar Allan Poe's Stories and Poems," September 8 2012 - November 15 2012.
Doreen Bolger, BMA, "Edgar Allan Poe: A Baltimore Icon," 4 October 2009 - 17 January 2010.
Brandywine River Museum, "Picturing Poe: Illustrations for Edgar Allan Poe's Stories and Poems," September 8 2012 - November 15 2012.
Doreen Bolger, BMA, "Edgar Allan Poe: A Baltimore Icon," 4 October 2009 - 17 January 2010.
Inscribed: Signed in plate: lower right "Bracquemond in & fec." Inscribed in plate: upper center "L'ARTISTE"; lower left "Cri funèbre, sombre plumage, / Je suis le rapace Corbeau. / Voulez-vous avoir mon image, / Voyez Loyal, ou Chicaneau.", "A. Delatre, Faub. Poissonnière. 146. Paris."; lower center "LE CORBEAU."
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
