DrawingsAmerican19th century

Illustration for "Barbara Allen:" Kneeling in Sorrow

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

image: 30.4 x 43.1 cm (11 15/16 x 16 15/16 in.) actual: 33.2 x 44.3 cm (13 1/16 x 17 7/16 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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