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The Edgar Allan Poe Museum is housed in the Old Stone House, built circa 1740 and cited as the oldest original building in Richmond, Va. Image by Albrecht Conz, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Edgar A. Poe Museum acquires life-size sculpture of author

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Tom Hoepf

The Edgar Allan Poe Museum is housed in the Old Stone House, built circa 1740 and cited as the oldest original building in Richmond, Va. Image by Albrecht Conz, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The Edgar Allan Poe Museum is housed in the Old Stone House, built circa 1740 and cited as the oldest original building in Richmond, Va. Image by Albrecht Conz, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – The Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond has acquired a life-size statue of the famed writer produced in 1857.

The sculpture by artist Charles Rudy depicts a seated Poe holding a pen and paper. It is the plaster model for the bronze statue now in the Virginia State Capitol Square.

Officials say it is the first full-length sculpture to enter the museum.

The sculpture is currently being conserved in preparation for its first public exhibition in the exhibit Poe 3-D.

The exhibit that opens June 26 also will feature busts of Poe by George Julian Zolnay, Edmund Quinn and others. It will run through Oct. 19.

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The Edgar Allan Poe Museum is housed in the Old Stone House, built circa 1740 and cited as the oldest original building in Richmond, Va. Image by Albrecht Conz, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
The Edgar Allan Poe Museum is housed in the Old Stone House, built circa 1740 and cited as the oldest original building in Richmond, Va. Image by Albrecht Conz, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.