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Edwin Austin Abbey

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Pen and ink sketch of a seated figure in a flat cap and jacket, legs crossed, looking toward the viewer.

Rosalind in boys clothing

1890

Pencil sketch of women in an interior, one seated at a table, one playing a harp, with two small standing figure studies belo

Study for An Old Song(?) or The Two Sisters(?) (watercolors)

Loose watercolor and pencil study of a sunlit landscape with storm clouds, distant spires, and a small chapel by the water.

Composition study for "The Arthurian Round Table and the Fable of the Seat Perilous," the third in a series of fiftee…

1893

Pen drawing of a couple embracing before a balustrade, with a nude statue holding a bow and cypress trees behind.

Lorenzo and Jessica: "The moon shines bright. In such a night as this" - Act V, Scene I, The Merchant of Venice

1888

Watercolor sketch of a woman working at a churn beside a seated man in a blue coat on stone steps.

Woman churning butter, man in Revolutionary dress watching - (unidentified illustration)

Pencil and brown wash sketch of a seated woman in a headscarf and long skirt beside a doorway frame.

Study of a seated woman

Pencil and ink sketch of a reclining nude figure with raised arm, and a loose boat-like study below, on cream paper.

Studies of a woman holding a violin

Pencil and watercolor sketch of a standing woman in a long yellow and blue dress, hands at her waist.

Sketch of a woman (dressed in yellow) - costume study for a play?

Pen sketch of three figures in a rustic setting with cows in the header and handwritten verse below.

Sketch for a verse: "A Bucolick or Discovre of Neatherds"

Pen and ink drawing of a woman leaning on a curtain beside a seated musician playing a portable organ by a fireplace.

Portia: "By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is aweary of this great world," from Act I, Scene ii, Merchant of Venice

1888

Watercolor sketch of a figure in a blue coat and hat beside stone steps and a wall, surrounded by green trees.

Sketch for "The Vicar," from The Quiet Life (book published by Harper in 1890 and 1899, previously published in Harpe…

1890

Loose pencil sketch on tan paper of villagers in an interior, a woman with a basket and a man carrying a bundle.

Unidentified illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and New York: 1902)

Pencil sketch of a man standing by a well with a crane and bucket, bare trees and hills behind, and a small head study.

Sketch of a man by a well

Charcoal and white chalk study of a robed figure with bowed head and hands clasped at the chest, on brown paper.

Figure study for the Infancy of Galahad(?), from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of 15 paintings for the Boston…

Pen and ink drawing of a seated man in a cap painting at an easel in a cluttered studio with a draped curtain.

"There the pale artist..." - illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and New York: 1902), p. 95

1891

Watercolor study of a knight in a red cloak riding a dark horse through green grass, with sketched figures beside him.

Galahad Departs, study for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, co…

Pen and ink study of arched interior with columns and hooded kneeling figure, preparatory sketch by Edwin Austin Abbey.

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

Pen and ink drawing of two men in Elizabethan dress grappling beneath trees, with a third man standing at right.

Oliver: "Wilt thou lay hands on me, villain?", illustration for Act I, Scene i, As You Like It

1891

Pen and ink study of a woman in a period gown entering a room while a maid in an apron waits beside a staircase.

Enter Mrs. Hardcastle & Maid, study for Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer

1886

Charcoal sketch of a woman in a long puffed-sleeve gown leaning in a doorway, with faint preliminary outlines visible.

Sketch of a Lady for the scene "Waiting for her Lover," from Old Songs (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1889)

1889

Pen and ink landscape drawing of a stream lined with trees, rocks, and a wooden post, with a small figure on a path.

Landscape with figure

Pencil and watercolor costume sketch of two medieval knights in mail and studded leather, one in red and brown tones.

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

Sketch of three figures - unidentified illustration

Pencil sketch of a shaggy prehistoric elephant with curved tusks on yellowed tracing paper, with a handwritten note above.

Sketch of a rhinocerous-like animal, from Man Before Metals by N. Joly

Pen and ink drawing of revelers in checkered costumes drinking by a hearth while a seated woman watches from the left.

Sir Toby and his Companions, illustration for Act II, Scene iii, Twelfth Night

1891

Watercolor costume sketch of a standing man in an orange cloak and blue crowned cap, beside a fabric swatch labeled Northumbe

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

Pastel sketch on blue paper of a bowed man in a black coat and red cloak, head lowered, hand raised to his face.

Figure study for "Measure for Measure" (oil painting)

Figure study for "The Hours" - (3 am): sketch for mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1…

Pencil and ink sketch of a young woman in a bonnet and long dress, looking over her shoulder, on a cream sheet.

Study of an unidentified young woman

Sheet of studies

Costume sketch of a gentleman in a green hat, fur-trimmed white robe, red sleeves and belt, holding a cane.

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

Pencil sketch on grey paper of a two-story country house with a long porch, dormers, chimneys, and trees.

Sketch of a country home