A Return (unrealized alternate for Harper's, New Monthly Magazine, February 1878)

Edwin Austin Abbey American

1877–78

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Title: A Return (unrealized alternate for Harper's, New Monthly Magazine, February 1878)
Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1852–1911 London)
Date: 1877–78
Medium: Drawing on wood block, for a wood engraving, graphite touched with white
Dimensions: block: 6 1/8 x 4 1/2 x 15/16 in. (15.6 x 11.4 x 2.4 cm)
Classification: Blocks
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1914
Object Number: 14.41
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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