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Edwin Austin Abbey

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Sketch of a female figure, seated - unidentified illustration

Pen and ink sketch of a standing man in a long coat and cap beside a cabinet, on tan paper.

Study for "His looks adorned..." - illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and New York: 190…

Chalk and charcoal study of a man seen from behind, wearing draped cloth and a cap, on dark gray paper with grid lines.

Figure study for "The Spirit of Vulcan, Genius of the Workers in Iron and Steel," lunette in the rotunda of the Penns…

1902

Charcoal and white chalk figure study on orange paper showing a bent arm and muscular torso.

Figure study for mural at the State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (completed by John Singer…

Charcoal sketch of a carved architectural capital with scrolls and leaf ornament on blue-grey paper, with faint chalk outline

Sketch of a capital

Charcoal and chalk study of two figures clasping hands, drawn on brown paper, by Edwin Austin Abbey.

Study of two figures shaking hands in the "Penn's Treaty," mural at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsyl…

1902

Charcoal sketch of two intertwined hands with shaded fingers and loose hatching on a pale paper background.

Sketch of two hands

Chalk study of a female nude with raised arm against blue hatched background on black paper, by Edwin Austin Abbey.

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

1902

Charcoal and white chalk study of three male figures in dynamic poses, one arm raised, on dark grey paper.

Figure study for "The Spirit of Vulcan," mural in the rotunda of the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvan…

1905

Pen and ink drawing of two 18th-century figures in a panelled room, one gesturing toward a seated woman on a sofa.

"Am I in Face To-day?," illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops To Conquer

1884

Loose pencil sketch of a seated figure and small figure beneath hatched shadows, with architectural guidelines on cream paper

Unidentified illustration- Study for Shakespearean scene, possibly early study for Mariana in "Measure for Measure"

Wood engraving of a standing speaker gesturing to a seated crowd around a campfire, with tepees and bare trees behind.

Around the Council Fire, The Young Brave's Speech, from "Harper's Weekly"

May 10, 1873

Pen drawing of a woman with a fan watching a moth, and a seated man reading in a wing chair in a paneled interior.

Now Crossed a Mirror's Face

c. 1889

Charcoal sketch of two figures, one seated reading in the foreground and one standing behind, among dark trees.

Two figures - (unidentified illustration)

Pen and ink sketch of a seated woman in a white bonnet and long skirt against hatched dark shading.

Sketch for Old Songs I (book published by Harper in 1889, previously published in Harper's Monthly Magazine); Woman i…

1889

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide hat gesturing toward a woman in a long gown, with faint interior lines.

Sketch for "A Love Song," from Old Songs I (book published by Harper in 1889, previously published in Harper's Monthl…

1889

Loose brown wash landscape of rolling hills with faint pencil figure sketch in the sky area.

Landscape

Loose pen and graphite sketch of robed figures and a crowd on tan paper, study for a painted series by Edwin Austin Abbey.

Galahad and the Captive Virtues, study for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Pu…

Pen and ink sketch of a smiling woman in a bonnet on a rock by the sea, holding a book, with gulls overhead.

Woman on beach holding book, sketch for The Lay of the Lobster

1886

Pen and ink sketch of two men in period dress talking beside a woman, with a small dog and a distant boat.

Study of two men, woman, and a dog, from Love's Labour's Lost (?)

1891

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a man's head in three-quarter view on gray paper, a study for a mural.

Study for William Penn: sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (compl…

Graphite sketch of a bent arm with a clenched fist and loose hatched shading on cream paper.

Sketch of an upper torso

Charcoal sketch of a veiled female figure seated with head bowed and hands near her chest, on pale paper.

Sketch of a cloaked female figure in prayer for Three Marys at the Cross

Pen and ink drawing of robed figures in alarm across a classical colonnade with columns, a pedestal, and dark trees.

The Oracle Defied, Act III, Scene ii, The Winter's Tale

1892

Watercolor fall landscape with two birch trees, autumn foliage, a small pool, evergreens and distant hills under grey sky.

Fall landscape

Study for figure of 8 am for "The Hours" mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Graphite sketch of a nude female figure with arms raised and one leg bent, on cream paper numbered 5.

Figure study for "The Hours" - (9 am?): sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,…

Pencil and chalk studies of a seated woman in a yellow dress and white headdress on a grey-blue sheet.

Two studies for Ophelia and Hamlet in the Play Scene in Hamlet

Charcoal and chalk drawing of a standing woman in flowing blue drapery on a blue paper ground.

Sketch of a woman - costume study for a play?

Pencil sketch of a man in a long robe stretching with arms raised, with loose studies of a head and stool on tan paper.

Man in robe yawning and stretching

Hand-lettered title page in black and red blackletter script with a small comic mask drawing, reading The Comedies of William

Title page to The Comedies by William Shakespeare

Pastel study of a female figure with raised arm and billowing drapery against a blue background, on grey paper.

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

1904