including this painting of the holy family from the allen mansion, and life portraits of john and frances allen. there is only one other known portrait of john allen in life and that has been lost. only one other portrait of frances allen in life which have both been lost. we are the only place that has life pictures of both his foster parents together, and that is quite appropriate because richmond is where they lived. they lived in homes all over this neighborhood. this is a street so would know very well during -- poe would know very well during his lifetime. would have walked up and down the street, have seen this house on multiple occasions, but better yet we have the bed where he would have slept. poe's foster father, john allen, was a wealthy tobacco expert. when he died, he was worth about three quarters of a he had a million dollars. huge mansion richmond, a plantation in goochland county, had property in rocklin county, and he could afford the finest things in life, and he had an extensive library. and that was a great advantage for poe. he was able to read from the the allen library,