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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1948.93
People
Edwin Austin Abbey, American (Philadelphia, PA 1852 - 1911 London, England)
Title
Austin Dobson Winding Up Edwin Abbey to Draw a Book-Plate for Him
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308140

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink over graphite on brown wove paper
Dimensions
actual: 15.1 x 28.8 cm (5 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: black ink, l.r.: E. A. Abbey
  • inscription: window mat, English: Austin Dobson Winding up Edwin Abbey to Draw a Book-Plate for Him / by E. A. Abbey

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Langdon Warner, Gift to Paul J. Sachs, 1943.
Paul J. Sachs, Gift of Langdon Warner, 1943, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1948.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1948
Object Number
1948.93
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Bartlett H. Hayes, Jr., The American Line: 100 Years of Drawing, exh. cat., Addison Gallery of American Art (Andover, MA, 1959), Reproduced, no. 35
  • Edward Morris, "Edwin Austin Abbey and his American Circle in England", Apollo (September 1976), p. 220

Exhibition History

  • The American Line: 100 Years of Drawing, Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, 01/01/1959 - 02/15/1959; University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 03/01/1959 - 03/21/1959; Newcomb College, New Orleans, 04/02/1959 - 04/22/1959; Speed Art Museum, Louisville, 05/04/1959 - 05/24/1959; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, 06/10/1959 - 06/30/1959; Oglebay Institute, Wheeling, 08/01/1959 - 08/21/1959; Kansas State Teachers' College, Emporia, 09/03/1959 - 09/23/1959; Frye Museum, Seattle, 10/05/1959 - 10/25/1959; Tucson Art Center, Tucson, 11/08/1959 - 11/29/1959; Madison Art Association, Madison, 12/08/1959 - 12/31/1959; Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, 01/17/1960 - 02/21/1960; Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, 03/05/1960 - 03/25/1960; Root Art Center, Hamilton, 04/10/1960 - 06/05/1960

Verification Level

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