3666802 Portrait of Edgar Allan Poe, c.1849 (daguerreotype) by Whitman, Sarah Ellen (19th century) (after); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 ??49) was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story, and is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre;); Prismatic Pictures ; British, out of copyright.