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Yale University Art Gallery

76 works

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…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1893

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)

Edwin Austin Abbey

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…

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1890

Dark night scene of a man in a tricorn hat gesturing to a hooded woman on a muddy road, with a lit carriage behind.

"My dear Constance, why will you deliberate thus?" study for Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1885

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

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

Watercolor study of a cloaked figure on a windy dune beside a leaning tree and a pale robed figure.

Study for "The Scarlet Letter"(?) (oil painting)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor study of a woman in a pink gown beside a man in a brown coat in a dim interior, with pencil hat sketches at right.

Study of an interior: couple preparing to leave for the evening

Edwin Austin Abbey

Pencil and watercolor costume sketch of two dancers in striped yellow and red-black outfits with feathered details.

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

Edwin Austin Abbey

Watercolor of a yellow-haired figure on a dark rock beside a swimming figure in blue underwater seaweed.

Underwater scene

Edwin Austin Abbey

Head and Figure Studies, and Study of a Chair (recto); Sketches for Book Illustrations (verso)

Edwin Austin Abbey

Ink and wash sketch of a man and woman in a rowboat by a riverbank beneath a leaning tree, rendered in grey tones.

Man and woman in rowboat, near riverbank - unidentified illustration

Edwin Austin Abbey

Grey wash drawing of a mountain peak across water, with wooded shoreline on the right and cloudy sky above.

Highland Scene

Edwin Austin Abbey, 1881

Grey watercolor of a calm sea with dark headlands along the horizon, a small sailboat, and a layered cloudy sky.

Water scene with landscape

Edwin Austin Abbey

Loose watercolor and pencil sketch of several men in period costume, one in a green doublet and cap, one bending forward.

Probable study for "The Bowling Green," illustration to poems from: New Amsterdam, 1655

Edwin Austin Abbey