BALTIMORE (AP) -- Edgar Allan Poe's pale, death-haunted image, with his sunken eyes, a trim mustache and unruly mop of curly hair had endured for more than 150 years.

But a portrait being shown publicly for the first time Saturday captures a different figure.

Scholars say Poe looked far more vigorous, perhaps even dashing, in his earlier years than he does in the well-known series of daguerreotypes taken in the final years of his life.

The more robust Poe is captured in a small watercolor by A.C. Smith, one of just three surviving portraits of the author.

The portrait will be on display Saturday and Sunday at Westminster Hall, the former church adjacent to Poe's grave.

An auctioneer says he expects it will sell for at least $30,000.