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Yale University Art Gallery

681 works

Watercolor and pencil costume sketch of three jester figures in colorful motley with pointed hoods and bells.

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

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey wash sketch of a cottage with a steep roof, dormer window, wooden bench, and clouds on tan paper.

Sketch of exterior of a cottage

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal study of a seated man in draped cloth, head turned toward viewer, on gray paper.

Figure study for "Penn's Treaty," mural for the state capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (comple…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and ink sketch of a ragged peasant with hood and staff, with faint pencil figure studies to the right.

Peasant, sketch for an unidentified Shakespeare play

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil and watercolor study of a woman with raised arms in a red-patterned gown over a squared grid, with blue and green wash

Study for Louis Comfort Tiffany's center window for "Children's Window", St. Peter's Church, Morristown, NJ

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor sketch of a woman with long hair combing it, standing in a green wooded landscape beside a dark tree trunk.

Woman in landcape, combing her long, blond hair - (unidentified illustration)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and ink study of a robed angel with clasped hands and spread wings, surrounded by radiating hatched lines.

Study of an Angel, for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, comple…

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of a horse pulling a carriage with a spoked wheel and seated driver, with loose shading in the background.

Sketch of a horse pulling a carriage

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen sketches of a bust beside a handwritten letter from Harper & Brothers dated March 15, 1890.

Two sketches of a bust

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of cypress trees, rolling hills and a domed building in a rural landscape, with handwritten notes below.

Roman(?) landscape as seen from balcony (recto); Seascape (verso)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey wash drawing of a candlelit 18th-century room with seated men and a standing figure in a long coat near a fireplace.

"Around my fire an evening group to draw" study for The Deserted Village

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1898

Ink sketches of a cow with handwritten verse lines and crossed bugles drawn on aged paper.

Sketches of Cows

Edwin Austin Abbey

Loose pencil sketch of a man bent forward with arms extended downward, as if shoveling, on a cream sheet.

Study of a figure shoveling

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor costume sketch of an armored knight in heraldic tabard, with pencil notes, for Richard II.

Aumerle (armed), costume sketch for Henry Irving's 1898 Planned Production of Richard II

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pen and ink sketch of a man in a feathered cap and steel armor with a gorget and pauldron, unfinished lower body.

Sketch of a knight in armor

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of three men in hats and cloaks in a dim room, one seated beside a desk.

Three men, study for Taming of the Shrew (?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Nude male figure study, life class

Edwin Austin Abbey

Sheet of sketches of faces and bodies

Edwin Austin Abbey

Charcoal and white chalk study of two hands gripping a vertical pole on blue-gray paper.

Sketch of two hands climbing a pole

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1889

Pastel costume sketch of a standing man in green tunic, white headcloth and red-lined sleeves holding a staff, labeled Bushy.

Bushy, costume sketch for King Richard II

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor costume sketch of a man in a cream fur-trimmed cloak, red hose, and red hat, labeled Aumerle.

Aumerle, costume sketch for Henry Irving's Planned Productino of King Richard II

Edwin Austin Abbey

Brown ink sketch of a helmeted man holding a sword, with a smaller head study at upper right, on squared paper.

Sketch for "Endicott Cutting the Cross from the King's Banner"

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1875

Pencil sketch of a man in a wide hat and coat with a walking stick, beside a small boy, with a dark shadow at left.

Man and Boy (recto); Heads and Figures of Chinamen (verso)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink sketch of two seated men, one in a wide-brimmed hat and one in a top hat, on a cream sheet with a handwritten note.

Sheet of studies both sides, pilgrims, etc.

Edwin Austin Abbey

Man in apron holding a gun

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of a young child with bowed head and loosely drawn curly hair, body indicated by quick lines on white paper.

Portrait of an unidentified child

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch on tan paper of overgrown shrubs before a stone wall, an arched doorway and a tall tree.

Overgrown garden(?) cemetery(?)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of two clenched hands and forearms in combat, with faint scribbled studies on the lower right of the page.

Sketch of two arms in combat

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil sketch of a boy seen from behind, standing with one arm extended, drawn in loose quick lines on pale paper.

Study of a boy

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil landscape of mountains, a river with an arched stone bridge, trees, and a small figure on a path.

"Grange" - landscape with river, bridge, mountains in distance

Edwin Austin Abbey