DrawingsAmerican19th century

Illustration for "Barbara Allen:" At Sick Bed

1887

Artists

Edwin Austin AbbeyArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink over graphite on off-white wove card

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

38.4 x 34.2 cm (15 1/8 x 13 7/16 in.) image: 34.2 x 33.8 cm (13 7/16 x 13 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Robert Harrison, Henley-on-Thames, England, 1912; Gordon Dunthorne, Washington, DC; sold to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, 1926; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1941.

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