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Edwin Austin Abbey

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Pencil sketch of a bare tree with a thick trunk and spreading leafless branches on pale paper.

Sketch of a tree

Pen and ink sheet of overlapping sketched heads and caricature faces on torn tan paper, with handwritten lettering.

Sheet of sketches of heads

Pen and ink drawing of a Gothic courtroom with a standing robed figure, seated men, clerks at a table, and tall columns.

Trial Scene, from Merchant of Venice

Study of a young girl in pinafore

Chalk study on grey paper of a standing female figure with one arm raised and flowing drapery.

Study for central figure in "Spirit of Religious Liberty...guiding the ships" mural at the state capitol building in…

1902

Pencil and ink sketch of a standing and a kneeling figure in prayer beside a candle and chalice in an interior.

Two figures praying: study for "Galahad's Vigil" in The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library

Pen and ink drawing of two cloaked women and a young couple beneath a leafy pergola, dappled light on the ground.

Polixenes and Perdita - Act IV, Scene III, The Winter's Tale

1891

Pencil sketch of two standing men in period clothing, one in a top hat, with a small head study of a mustached man between th

Sketch of two men talking - unidentified illustration

Charcoal and white chalk head study of a woman in a turban on grey paper, sketch for a mural.

Study for Science: sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (completed…

Charcoal sketch of a man in plaid kilt and white shirt stepping through a doorway, carrying a white cloth over his arm.

Provost with Ragozine's head - Act IV, Scene III, Measure for Measure

1889

Charcoal sketch of a hooded, kneeling female figure with clasped hands and heavy draped robes on cream paper.

Sketch of a kneeling female figure in pink dress for Galahad the Deliverer, one of the Holy Grail murals at the Bosto…

Pencil sketch of a crowd of loosely drawn figures standing and seated, shown in quick gestural lines on paper.

Sketch of a crowd - unidentified illustration

Pencil sketch of a seated man in a feathered hat beneath the Harper's Weekly masthead, a cover design study.

Design for cover and contents for Harper's Weekly

Duke of York, costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Production of King Richard II

Pencil sketch of a woman in a long skirt leading a harnessed horse beside a carriage, with figures in the background.

"Marianne(?) Willett's Exploit" - [sketch of a horse and carriage]

Pen and ink drawing of two children in period dress before a stone wall, with bowls on a bench at right.

Illustration for "Phillada Flouts Me," from Old Songs

1886

Pencil costume sketch of an armored knight with an eagle crest, labeled Bolingbroke, Tournament, with a small mounted rider s

Bolingbroke (Tournament scene), costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Production of King Richard II

Pencil and watercolor costume sketch of two dancers in striped yellow and red-black outfits with feathered details.

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

Watercolor costume sketch of an armored knight in a red cross-patterned tabard with handwritten note reading Berkeley.

Berkeley, costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Production of Richard II

Loose charcoal sketch of an older man's head turned three-quarters, with wide eyes and heavy brows on pale paper.

Study for Smith?: sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (completed b…

Watercolor of a yellow-haired figure on a dark rock beside a swimming figure in blue underwater seaweed.

Underwater scene

Pen and ink drawing of two women in long gowns descending a stone staircase past urns and balustrades in a garden.

Ursula: "She's lim'd, I warrant you!; we have caught her, madam." Hero: "If it prove so, then loving goes by haps: So…

1891

Charcoal study on blue-grey paper of a hooded, draped standing figure with head bowed and hand at the chest.

Study for figure of 8 pm in "The Hours" ceiling at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

1902

Pencil sketch of a gondolier in a hat standing in a gondola, poling with a long oar.

Sketch of a gandoleer

Pastel portrait of a woman in a white tiara and high lace collar, drawn on grey paper.

Coronation of Edward VII Portrait: Princess Beatrice of Battenberg

1903

Pencil sketch of a smiling middle-aged man scratching his head, with two smaller facial studies above.

Study of a middle-aged man, scratching his head

Head and Figure Studies, and Study of a Chair (recto); Sketches for Book Illustrations (verso)

Pen and wash drawing of a seated man at a lamplit table with a standing woman in a long dress in an interior.

Man and woman in an interior - unidentified illustration

Pastel portrait of a mustached man in a red-collared uniform with white cord, on a gray ground.

Coronation of Edward VII Portrait: Prince Charles of Denmark

1904

Ink sketch of a horse carrying a rider and a slung figure through hatched rain, with a cloaked figure at left and handwritten

"Oh, Ransome, Ransome, do no hide mine eyes" (preliminary sketch for 1937.1090) - Act IV, Scene I, All's Well That En…

1891

Ink and wash sketch of a man and woman in a rowboat by a riverbank beneath a leaning tree, rendered in grey tones.

Man and woman in rowboat, near riverbank - unidentified illustration

Grey wash drawing of a mountain peak across water, with wooded shoreline on the right and cloudy sky above.

Highland Scene

1881