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Only one image of Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe has been authenticated: a watercolor portrait painted several hours after her death. The disease and eventual death of his wife had a substantial effect on Edgar Allan Poe, who became despondent and turned to alcohol to cope.
- Virginia Eliza Clemm, August 15, 1822, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
- January 30, 1847 (aged 24), Bronx County, New York, U.S.
- Tuberculosis
- Westminster Hall and Burying Ground, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
It was clear that Virginia’s death devastated Poe, and he was never truly the same afterwards. The only one of Virginia’s poems that survives is a Valentine’s acrostic poem she composed for Edgar the year before she died. Sarah Helen Whitman
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August 15, 1822. Place of Death: Fordham, New York. Date of Death: January 30, 1847. Place of Burial: Baltimore, Maryland. Cemetery Name: Westminster Burial Ground. Described as having bright eyes, and dark brown hair, Virginia’s face was “always animated and vivacious.”
Watercolor Death Portrait of Virginia Clemm Poe. In our collection, there are several objects and manuscripts relating to or similar to mourning objects, which will be examined in this article. Our first object is the death portrait of Virginia Clemm Poe, wife of Edgar Allan Poe.
Aug 12, 2014 · Mrs. Virginia Clemm Poe. (Born: August 15, 1822 - Died: January 30, 1847) “Mrs. Poe looked very young; she had large black eyes, and a pearly whiteness of complexion, which was a perfect pallor. Her pale face, her brilliant eyes, and her raven hair gave her an unearthly look.
At the end of January 1847, Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe—the 24-year-old wife (and cousin) of Edgar Allan Poe —succumbed to tuberculosis in the couple’s cottage on the outskirts of New York City, in what is now the Bronx. Poe was devastated.
Oct 23, 2011 · a valentine by virginia eliza clemm poe The only known composition by Virginia Poe is the following acrostic in verse written as her husband's valentine less than a year before her death:
