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Edwin Austin Abbey

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Pencil sketch of two women and a man in rustic costume with hats, standing close together on pale paper.

Study of two women and a man in rustic costume, possibly for "Harvest Home" in "Old Songs"

Ink and grey wash sketch of a house entrance with a pedimented doorway, wooden porch railing, and overhanging tree branch.

Sketch of Headquarters of Sir William Erskine, Present Residence of W.S. Pelletreau, Southampton

Pencil sketch of a large boulder, smaller rocks, and tall weeds, with handwritten color notes on lichen and moss below.

Sketches of rocks, weeds

Pencil and watercolor study of a figure in red cap and striped hose beside a stone arch overlooking the sea.

Study for "Wandering Minstrel"(?) (oil painting)

Pencil sketch of two arms with hands, one hand gripping the other, drawn with soft shading on cream paper.

Sketch of two arms

Pen and ink drawing of a young man in a cloak with raised arms, surrounded by ghostly figures and a lute player among rocks.

Ferdinand: "Where should this music be?", illustration for Act I, Scene ii, The Tempest

1891

Pen and ink sketch of a woman with a parasol and a girl in bonnets standing by a stone wall.

The Vicar, from The Quiet Life

1886

Pencil and ink sketch of a branch with pink blossoms arching across a pale sheet of paper.

Sketch of a flowering tree

Pen and ink sketch of a forest clearing with tall tree trunks, dense foliage, and sparse grass in the foreground.

Forest scene

Sheet of sketches: woman's bonnet, sailboat

Pencil sketch on tan paper of a standing woman in a long gown beside a man in a hat, with a loose plant study at left.

Unidentified sketches- Studies of a man and woman

Figure study for Seven Deadly Sins, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of 15 paintings for the Boston Public…

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a standing woman with short auburn hair wearing a long pink empire-waist gown.

Sketch of a woman in pink - costume study for a play?

Graphite sketch on blue-grey paper of a mounted knight with raised lance, beside a framed mural study with a kneeling figure.

Study for The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library

Portrait of a young man (unidentified sitter)

Charcoal study on blue-grey paper of two nude male figures holding torches with smoking flames, with sketched arches above.

Study of two flamebearers

Pen and ink drawing of a bearded sailor in a cap leaning by a barrel on a rocky shore beside an overturned boat.

Captain Sandy

1883

Charcoal and pastel composition study on grid paper showing a red-clad figure and dark clustered figures, a mural design sket

Composition study for "Seven Deadly Sins" in The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library

Study of a man, seated, deep in thought

Ink and wash drawing of a tangled heap of men and boys on the ground, one raising a hat, with a standing observer at right.

Pile of men: caricature of "rough-house" Early

Grey ink and wash drawing of a snowy half-timbered house beside a bare tree under a dark sky.

A Winter Scene: House in the Snow (recto); Assorted Figure Studies (verso)

Pencil sketch of a seated man gesturing toward a standing man in a jacket, in a room with a table and doorway.

Two gentlemen - unidentified illustration

Pencil design sketch with hand-lettered book title at top and a row of loosely drawn flowers on stems at bottom.

Sketch for Robert Herrick's "Hespiredes and Noble Numbers"

Hooded Figure (recto); Study of a Male Figure (verso)

Pencil sketch sheet with several studies of faces and a partial hand on cream paper.

Sketches of faces

Pen sketch of a seated man in a bowler hat on a bench, smoking a pipe beside a post, on a pale sheet.

"Isaac Walker" [Man smoking pipe, sitting on bench] - lithographic reproduction of Abbey's drawing (see .4273)

Design study with hand-lettered title The Land of the Midnight Sun above yellow and orange sun motifs with radiating rays on

The Land of the Midnight Sun - illustration for a book jacket(?)

Pencil sketch of an interior with a standing man, a seated figure, an arched opening and a large circular table.

Unidentified illustration- Interior with figures, bloth sides of page

Pen and ink drawing of an interior with a woman by a table, a kneeling cloaked figure, and two men at an open door.

"Charles, Charles, how has thou deceived me?," illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer

1884

Pen and ink interior scene of men in 18th-century dress in a tavern, with a standing man holding a cane and a woman at right.

"His house was known to all the vagrant train," illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and…

1890

Ink and wash drawing of two men in period dress conversing on a seashore, with a sailing ship on the horizon.

Two men conversing on seashore - unidentified illustration

Pencil sketch of a standing winged angel in a flowing robe with a star halo, with smaller head studies and stars at right.

Study of an angel (for stained glass? for a ceiling?)