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Edwin Austin Abbey

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Pencil and charcoal sketch sheet with robed figures holding spears above and studies of hands, feet, and a boat below.

Sheet of sketches for The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library (recto); Unidentified sketch…

Charcoal and white chalk study of a standing draped figure with flowing robes on brown-grey paper.

Study of an angel

Pen and ink sketch of a man in a curled wig seated at a table with a candelabra and wine glass, with a servant beside him.

Sketch for The Noble Patron

1888

Pencil sketch of a country road through grassy fields, with tall trees on the right and a fence and buildings in the distance

Landscape with road running through

Pen and ink sketch of a woman balancing a bucket on her head, hands on hips, wearing an apron and striped skirt.

Woman with bucket on her head, wing chair on reverse - unidentified illustration

Pen and ink sketch of a woman in a headscarf, an ornate scrolled frame, a horse head, and a Modes de Paris label.

"S&E Higg Modes de Paris" - unidentified illustration

Charcoal and white chalk study of a nude female figure with one arm raised, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Study for figure of 4 pm in "The Hours" ceiling at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

1902

Loose pencil sketch of a standing cloaked figure with swirling drapery on tan paper.

Figure study, possibly for Prospero in "The Tempest"

Study of a boy, study of faces

Pen and ink drawing of a young man in a cap supporting an older stooped man with a walking stick.

Orlando and Adam, illustration for Act II, Scene iv, As You Like It

1889

Pencil sketch on blue-grey paper of a rustic interior with a long table, several chairs, a window, and plank walls.

Interior Study

Pencil sketch of two figures in a tight embrace, drawn loosely on torn tan paper.

Study for Twelfth Night (?)

"In all the glaring impotence of dress" - illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and New Yo…

Pen and ink sketch of a smiling elderly man with round spectacles and curly hair, wearing a cravat and coat.

"At all his jokes, for many a joke had he," illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and New…

1889

Dark night scene of a man in a tricorn hat gesturing to a hooded woman on a muddy road, with a lit carriage behind.

"My dear Constance, why will you deliberate thus?" study for Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer

1885

Pen etching of a jester pointing at a doorway beside a bed where a man lies, with a second figure in a cap nearby.

Clown: "Come away, come away, death," illustration for Act II, Scene iv, Twelfth Night

1891

Pencil sketch of seated figures on a bench in front of a loosely drawn townscape with buildings and poles.

Figures on a bench, townscape behind

Charcoal study of a seated, bare-chested male figure with bowed head and arms folded, drawn on blue-grey paper.

Study for "Science Revealing the Treasures of the Earth," mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylv…

Sheet of sketches of medieval figures

Pencil sketch sheet with four studies of a man in a wide-brimmed hat, one with arm raised.

Studies of a farmer

Pencil sketch of a woman in a doorway of a horse-drawn cart, captioned "Aunt Eunice comes home".

"Aunt Eunice comes home" - unidentified illustration

Charcoal and white chalk sketch on brown paper of a bearded man seated with his hand raised to his head.

Study for one of the murals from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of 15 paintings for the Boston Public Library,…

1883

Pen drawing of a classical banquet under Ionic columns, with a bearded man in the foreground and women dancing with garlands.

Apemantus: "Hoy-day! what a sweep of vanity comes this way! They dance! They are mad women!" - Act I, Scene II, Timon…

1902

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a young boy lying on his side with one arm stretched out, on torn-edge paper.

Study of a young boy, lying down

Charcoal and white chalk study of hands on blue-grey paper, drawn as preparation for a painting.

Study of hands for "A Pavane" (oil painting)

Pencil costume sketch of a standing figure in a long robe with ruffled collar, with handwritten notes on sleeves and braid.

Miscellaneous study, costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Production of King Richard II

Pen and ink drawing of a crowded 18th-century ale house with men drinking, smoking, and a waiter serving drinks.

An Ale House Room - "Tony sings the Three Pigeons," illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer

1884

Pen and ink drawing of a decorative calligraphic page with red illuminated initials and a pen-drawn circular seal below.

Title page design, Scribner's Magazine, 1894

1894

Pencil sketch of a horse standing beside a wooden barn, with a stone wall, milk can and trough in a farmyard.

Sketch of a farmyard, with a horse

Charcoal study of a standing man in a long cloak gazing upward, with a small hand sketch at lower left, on grey paper.

Figure study for King Arthur's Round Table (recto); Figure study for The Departure (verso), from The Quest of the Hol…

Pencil sketch of an industrial workshop with a riveted tank machine on wheels beneath timber roof beams.

Sketch of "Tank Department" [industrial interior]

Costume sketch of two standing figures in dark tunics, red hoods and yellow stockings, labeled Richard II servant and gaoler.

Sewart to Gaoler, costume sketch for King Richard II