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Poe Museum in Va. acquires important sculpture

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Edgar Allan Poe Museum in Richmond has acquired a life-sized 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.

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