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Costumed Actor

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Costumed Actor

Edwin Austin Abbey

1890

Medium

Black pen and ink

Dimensions

sheet: 12 x 9 1/2 in. (30.5 x 24.1 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1959

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

About Edwin Austin Abbey

1852–1911 • United States

Abbey was one of the leading illustrators during the last quarter of the 19th century. He specialized in illustrating poems and historic novels, including the works of Shakespeare, Pope, and Goldsmith. American illustrator and mural painter. Comment on works: illustrations

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