"Sweet as the primrose..." - illustration for Oliver Goldsmith's The Deserted Village (London and New York: 1902), p. 99 Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, 1852–1911, M.A. (Hon.) 1897)

ca. 1890s

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Gouache, monochrome

Dimensions

20 1/4 × 13 1/2 in. (51.4 × 34.3 cm)

Credit Line

Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Collection

Accession Number

1937.1230

Geography

Made in United States

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Drawings

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Provenance
Edwin Austin Abbey Estate, 1937; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Edition

Publ: Harper's, Aug 1902, p. 457; Deserted Village, p. 105

Inscriptions

Signed at LR: E.A. Abbey

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