Edwin Austin Abbey

1852–1911 · Symbolism

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. His most famous set of murals, The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, adorns the Boston Central Library.

39 paintings

• "King Lear," Act I, Scene I (1898)
• The Coronation of King Edward VII (1841-1910) (1904)
• The Play Scene in “Hamlet” (Act III, Scene 2) (1897)
• Study for Falstaff (1891)
• The Duke and Friar Thomas, from Measure for Measure, Act I, Scene iii (1888)
• King Henry VI, Part II: “Come hither, gracious sovereign, view this body.” (Act III, Scene ii) (1891)
• Study of a head (1891)
• Figure study: an Angel (1891)
• Architectural study (1891)
• Architectural study (1891)
• Study of a fountain (1891)
• Composition study for The Quest of the Holy Grail mural series at Boston Public Library
• Figure study, possibly for The Apotheosis of Pennsylvania, House of Representatives Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg (1906)
• Science Revealing the Treasues of the Earth, sketch, lunette shaped (1905)
• Small scale study for design of The Hours. (1907)
• Cartoon for The Hours, House of Representatives Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg (1907)
• Figure study of nun, for The Infancy of Galahad, in The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, Book Delivery Room, Boston Public Library (1892)
• Figure study of nun, for The Infancy of Galahad, in The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, Book Delivery Room, Boston Public Library (1892)
• Hamlet. (1896)
• The Play Scene in “Hamlet,” composition study (1897)
• View of Italian Loggia–study (1891)
• Arles, view through archway (1891)
• Woman with osprey headdress and white fur collar (1891)
• At the Cottage Door (17th Century New England Scene) (1891)
• Compositional study, for Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the Lady Anne (1895)
• May Day Morning (1892)
• Figure study, for The Spirit of Vulcan, Genius of the Workers in Iron and Steel, Rotunda, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg (1905)
• King Henry IV, Part II: Sir John Falstaff with His Page (Act I, Scene ii) (1905)
• The Coronation of Edward VII, study of Westminster Abbey Interior (1902)
• The Three Mary (1908)
• Amfortas Released by Galahad, study for The Quest of the Holy Grail murals, Boston Public Library (1897)
• Columbus in the New World (1906)
• Study for The Apotheosis of Pennsylvania, House of Representatives Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg (1906)
• King Henry IV, Part I: The King to the Prince of Wales: “Thou shalt have charge and sovereign trust herein.”, (Act III, Scene ii) (1905)
• Head of Hamlet, study (1896)
• Head of Ophelia, study (1896)
• Man in Armor (1891)
• Within the Tent of Brutus: Enter the Ghost of Caesar, Julius Caesar, Act IV, Scene III (1905)
• "Who Is Sylvia? What Is She, That All the Swains Commend Her?" (1896-1899; reworked 1900)