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"Here, behind this screen," Oliver Goldsmith's "She Stoops to Conquer", Act V, Scene I

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

"Charles, Charles, how has thou deceived me?," illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

"Tony Lumpkin is his own man again," illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Prologue: "Of wains that jolt and rumble by," study for illustration to The Quiet Life, 1889

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Sketch for "The Vicar," from The Quiet Life

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

The Parson's Wicket, sketch for "The Vicar," from The Quiet Life

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

The Vicar, from The Quiet Life

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

"Herds with milk, fields with bread," sketch for "Ode to Solitude," from The Quiet Life

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Sketch for "Ode to Solitude," from The Quiet Life

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Sketch for "Ode to Solitude," from The Quiet Life

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Sketch for "Ode to Solitude," from The Quiet Life

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Sketch for "Ode to Solitude," from The Quiet Life

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

"Steal from the World...," sketch for "Ode to Solitude," from The Quiet Life

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Sketch for "To Master Anthony Stafford," from The Quiet Life

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

"There from the tree we'll cherries pluck," sketch for "To Master Anthony Stafford," from The Quiet Life

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

"To Master Anthony Stafford", illustration for The Quiet Life

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Illustration for "Love Song," from Old Songs

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

"Marry a merry meeting...," sketch for "A Love Song," from Old Songs

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Sketch for "A Love Song," from Old Songs

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Man in Rain, study for illustration to "A Love Song," from Old Songs

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Illustration for "With Jockey to the Fair," from Old Songs

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

"Each Joins the Dance", sketch for "With Jockey to the Fair," from Old Songs

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Illustration for "Sweet Nell - My Heart's Delight," from Old Songs

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

Illustration for "Sweet Nell - My Heart's Delight," from Old Songs

Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

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