Dave Alexander writes:

Scott Miller writes:

Grolier Club Memorial of Edgar Allen Poe
Edith Woodman Burroughs (American, Riverdale, New York 1871-1916 Flushing, New York)
Date: 1909
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: Diam. 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of R. T. Haines Halsey, 1909
Accession Number: 09.116

For more information, see:
Grolier ClubMemorial of Edgar Allen Poe(www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/14676)

EDGAR ALLAN POE GROLIER CLUB PLAQUE, 1911. Storer 2009. 178mm. Cast Bronze. Edith WoodmanBurroughs, Sc. Cast by Roman Bronze Works, NYC. (Edge incused R.B.W./ N.Y.) EDGAR ALLEN POE above afront facing bust of Poe dividing the Roman numeral dates of 1809 and 1909. The seal of the GrolierClub is in the middle right field.

According to the records of the club, 277 copies were cast in bronze and 3 in silvered. (G)

PORTRAIT PLAQUE OF EDGAR ALLEN POE, 1913. 7" . Cast Bronzed White metal. Jeno Jusko,Sc. (Metal Products Mfg. Co., NYC. Mounted on a 9 1/4 x 12" wooden board. Here is a handsome highrelief front facing bust of the famous author; his facsimile signature in the left field.

This is one of thirty three medallic plaques issued by Thomas Elder in a series he entitled"MEDALLIONS OF "THE IMMORTALS." The medallions, all of which came from the talentedhand of Jeno Juszko, were made of "Corinthian bronze" (actually bronzed white metal) andwere issued "solidly riveted to handsome solid walnut panels." They were made in threesizes; 13" mounted on a 16x19" panel ($10.00); 7", mounted on a 9 1/2 x 12"panel ($5.00) , and 4" on a 6 1/2 x 8 1/2" panel ($1.50) .

EDGAR ALLEN POE PLAQUETTE, 1988. 126 x 149.5mm. Bronze. Alex Shagin, Sc. This intriguingwork is shaped like an open book with a haunting portrait of Poe on the left page and his name,"Edgar/ Allen/ POE on the right. The reverse is enigmatic. A brick wall is shown on the left withthe inscription OPUS/ARTUM at lower left. A manacled hand with a chain leading to the bars of acell is depicted on the right. We asked Mr. Shagin for its meaning and he replied, "mini-monument.""The face, the hand... you guess the rest."

Our guess is that the reverse is as allusion to Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum" Shagin statesthat he has sold "about 40" of these.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NUMISMATIC REMEMBRANCES OF EDGAR ALLANPOE (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n45a22.html)