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Edwin Austin Abbey

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Watercolor and pencil study of a slender tree with green leaves against a pale blue wash, with a faint wine glass sketched be

Study of a tree

Pencil drawing of armored medieval knights and spearmen beside a kneeling blindfolded man before a heraldic banner.

Henry: "I pray them bear my former answer back. Bid them achieve me and then sell my bones.", Act IV, scene iii, Henry V

1908

Pastel study of a storm-tossed ship with robed and haloed figures on deck, painted in blues, reds and pale tones.

Study for "Solomon's Ship" in The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library

Charcoal and chalk sketch of a seated man gesturing toward a standing woman in a striped gown in an interior.

Petruchio banters Katharina (study for .1058) - Act II, Scene I, Taming of the Shrew

Ink drawing of a man ducking beside a post as a woman throws a vessel from a doorway onto a cobbled street.

Christopher Sly, illustration for Introduction, Scene ii, Taming of the Shrew

1892

Charcoal and chalk sketch of three figures in a dim interior, a standing man gesturing toward a seated woman at a table.

Sketch for an unidentified Shakespeare play

Study of a maid

Pen and ink drawing of armored guards and a hooded woman in a columned hall with robed figures, by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1891.

The Imprisonment of the Queen - Act II, Scene I, The Winter's Tale

1891

Coronation of Edward VII Portrait: William Dalrymple Maclagan, Archbishop

1904

Pencil sketch of a log cabin with a shingled roof, a tall cornfield, and a man in a hat carrying a tool at right.

Uncle Ned's Cabin

1866

Watercolor and pencil costume sketch of a fishmonger in a green and white striped tunic and green cap.

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

Grey watercolor of a calm sea with dark headlands along the horizon, a small sailboat, and a layered cloudy sky.

Water scene with landscape

Ink and wash sketch of soldiers at a Quartermaster stall with barrels, a hanging sack, and a Butter sign.

Civil war sketch (recto); Man viewing a painting (verso)

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a flowering branch with small blossoms and rough rock forms below.

Sketch of a flowering tree branch

Watercolor study of a young woman in a headscarf holding a basket and cup beside a tree and garden wall.

Study of a young girl in a garden

Charcoal sketch on brown paper of female figures with raised arms and flowing drapery in dancing poses.

Figure study for "The Spirit of Light" mural in the rotunda of the Pennsylvania state capitol building, Harrisburg, 1…

Pencil study of a bird wing with fanned primary feathers on grey paper, with soft shading at the joint.

Study of wing for the Infancy of Galahad, from the Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for the Bos…

Pen and pencil study of a man in a long coat and wide-brimmed hat with arms folded, with handwritten notes.

Study of a man in coat

Ink and wash drawing of a hunter with a rifle, a seated man with a feathered headband, and a snake in a woodland.

Woodland scene of a hunter, an Indian, and a snake - unidentified illustration

Loose watercolor and pencil sketch of several men in period costume, one in a green doublet and cap, one bending forward.

Probable study for "The Bowling Green," illustration to poems from: New Amsterdam, 1655

Pencil sketch of a young girl in a short dress standing with one hand on her hip and one arm raised.

Study for Puck, from A Midsummer Night's Dream

1893

Grey ink drawing of a cloaked figure of Liberty raising a sword on a globe as an eagle flies toward her.

Figure of Liberty Standing on Globe with Eagle (recto); Conestoga Wagon in Landscape (verso)