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Why then begin..., illustration to "A Bucolick or Discourse of Neatherds" Wall Art
ART BY: Edwin Austin Abbey
Why then begin..., illustration to "A Bucolick or Discourse of Neatherds" Wall Art
ART BY: Edwin Austin Abbey
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Why then begin..., illustration to "A Bucolick or Discourse of Neatherds" is a pen and ink by Edwin Austin Abbey (1852–1911), dated 1880. The artist is catalogued as American. The source scan comes from the The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the file offered here measures 2325 × 3492 px (2.5 MB). It is filed under Drawings, in portrait format. Archive Lane holds 461 works by Edwin Austin Abbey, an American artist.
Edwin Austin Abbey was an American muralist, illustrator, and painter. He flourished at the beginning of what is now referred to as the "golden age" of illustration, and is best known for his drawings and paintings of Shakespearean and Victorian subjects, as well as for his painting of Edward VII's coronation.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). All works by Edwin Austin Abbey →
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