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Edwin Austin Abbey

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Watercolor landscape with a single leafy tree, blue cloudy sky, distant green hills, and a reflective pool of water in the fo

Landscape with tree

Etching of two men shaking hands and toasting, with a French menu and handwritten signatures below.

Etching by E.A. Abbey: The Kinsmen - (illustration to a French verse)

1887

Ink sketch of a stooped man in a cap walking across a hatched landscape toward a rising sun on the horizon.

Cartoon of figure walking at sunrise. study for "The Belated Traveler."

Ink sketch sheet with several loose figure studies, including a standing man, seated figures, and a woman with bobbed hair at

Sheet of sketches

Pencil sketch of a country house behind a stone wall, with trees and a wooden fence on tan paper.

Sketch of exterior of a country house with a stone wall foreground

Charcoal and white chalk study of a hand gripping a pole on gray paper.

Sketch of one hand grasping a pole

Pencil sketch of a grove of slender trees with leafy canopies on tan paper, shaded masses above and open ground below.

Sketch of a grove of trees

Watercolor landscape of a green field with red flowers, a distant blue horizon, and a sky with scattered clouds.

Landscape with field, horizon, sky

Charcoal study of two hands clasped in prayer on cream paper, with detailed shading on the upper hand.

Sketch of two hands, clasped in prayer

Pastel sketch on blue paper of bare tree branches arching across the sheet with small touches of colored leaves.

Study of tree branches

Loose watercolor sketch of a figure in a long robe standing beside a large tree with a spreading canopy on gray paper.

Figures standing beneath a tree - (unidentified illustration)

Pencil sketches of primrose-like flowers and leaves in several clusters on a pale sheet of paper.

Studies of flowers

Charcoal and white chalk drawing on brown paper of a standing figure in a flowing robe, head bowed, hands clasped.

Figure study for the Infant Galahad (?), from The Quest of the Holy Grail (first of a series of fifteen murals for th…

1893

Portrait of a man, left profile, writing at desk

1878

Watercolor costume sketch of an armored man in a heraldic tabard with blue lions and diamond patterns.

Northumberland - Tabard, costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Production of King Richard II

Charcoal figure study on grey paper showing a standing figure's hips and legs, one leg shaded darker than the other.

Figure study for "Apotheosis of Pennsylvania," mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-…

Pen and ink sketch of gabled rooftops, chimneys, shuttered windows and a leafy tree on paper.

Sketch of an exterior: buildings and tree

Pencil sketch of seated figures in an interior, a couple in the foreground with onlookers gathered around them.

Sketch of a couple playing a game, surrounded by onlookers, in an interior (?) - unidentified illustration

Watercolor of a plumed sentry with a musket on a wall, a second figure at right, cannon and city skyline behind.

Two sentries atop a fortress wall

Pen and ink sketch of a child holding a banner beside a drummer, with New Year greeting text by Edwin Austin Abbey.

Sketch for a greeting card: All Good WIshes for the New Year from M.G. and E.A. Abbey

Pen sketch of a reclining woman and a seated cloaked figure beneath a pointed arch, with loose drapery studies below.

Unidentified illustration

Pencil sketch of a stooped old man in a long robe holding a bowl while several cats gather around his feet.

Old Man feeding his cats

Charcoal and white chalk study of an extended hand with fingers spread, drawn on tan paper.

Sketch of a hand (recto); Composition studies for a play (?) (verso)

Pencil sketch on cream paper of a standing draped figure with bowed head and raised hand, study for a ceiling painting.

Study for figure of 10 pm in "The Hours" ceiling at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Pencil sketch of a man in a top hat on horseback, with a partial study of a horse's hindquarters to the right.

Man on horseback

Watercolor and ink sketch of women in bonnets and a standing man seated in a room with chairs.

Sketch of women in an interior - unidentified illustration

Pastel portrait study of a man with a mustache and white collar on gray paper, by Edwin Austin Abbey.

Coronation of Edward VII Portrait: George Canning Harris, Baron

1903

Pencil sketch of a small plain meeting house with two doors among trees, with a seated man in a hat by a wooden fence.

View of the Friends Meeting House

1866

Graphite study of a standing woman in a long gown gazing down at a bowl she holds in both hands.

Woman holding a bowl: study for "The Grove of the Academe," painting commissioned by Curtis Publishing Co., Philadelp…

Grey wash drawing of men in a rowboat with a horn player, figures running on a shore with trees, and a distant ship.

Men in rowboat fleeing Indians on shore - unidentified illustration (Columbus discovering New World?) - explorers lan…

Grey wash sketch of a river with a pale water expanse and dark shrubs and trees along the right bank.

Landscape by a river

Pencil sketch of four men in a tavern-like gathering, three seated and one standing, one raising a mug.

Study for .1212 - illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and New York: 1902)