Once Upon a Midnight Dreary. Illustration to The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Medium
Lithograph on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 13 3/4 x 21 1/16 in. (35 x 53.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1924
Accession Number
24.30.27(2)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Édouard Manet's *Once Upon a Midnight Dre* is a captivating lithograph from 1875, created as an illustration for Stéphane Mallarmé's French of Edgar Allan Poe's iconic poem *The Raven*. Drawing from the poem's haunting opening line—"Once upon midnight dreary"—this work captures the eerie, introspective mood of Poe's narrative. Manet, a pivotal figure in the transition to Impressionism, collaborated with the Symbolist poet Mallarmé, blending visual art with literature during Paris's vibrant fin-de-siècle cultural scene. Printed on laid paper, the lithograph measures 13 3/4 x 21 1/16 inches and...
About the Artist
Edouard Manet|Edgar Allan Poe|Stéphane Mallarmé · 1832–1883
Édouard Manet (1832-1883) was a French painter who played a pivotal role in the transition from Realism to Impressionism, often called the 'Father of Modern Art.' Born into a wealthy Parisian family, Manet defied his father's wishes for a legal career to pursue painting, studying under academic artist Thomas Couture. His revolutionary works 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe' and 'Olympia' (both 1863) scand...