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In a small paved yard in the rear... lay the corpse of the old lady

Edition data

TitleThe Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe; Edited and Chronologically Arranged on the Basis of the Standard Text, with Certain Addit

WorkThe Murders in the Rue Morgue

Editing placeLondon / New York

EditorialG. P. Putnam’s Sons / The Knickerbocker Press

Year1902

Illustration data

TitleIn a small paved yard in the rear... lay the corpse of the old lady

IllustratorFrederick Simpson Coburn

Engraver

Topic/Content
3. The narrator introduces the case of the Rue Morgue's crimes through the reading of several newspaper accounts

Technique
Photogravure

Characters
Madame L'Espanaye

Places
Yard

Others
Arms
Bodies
Bruises
Corpses
Floor
Horror
Mutilation
Night
Wall
Wounds

Location in the book (volume)4

Location in the book (page)f.p. 188

Illustration measurements (in cms)13,5 x 9

Page measurements (in cms)23 x 16

Color/B&WBlack and white