2-652-051 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Letter. Unpublished Pen Drawing, 1890', 1923. Edwin Austin Abbey RA (1852-1911) 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. From British Book Illustration - Yesterday and To-day edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio, Ltd., London, 1923]