"Who Is Sylvia? What Is She, That All the Swains Commend Her?"
Catalogue
- Year
- 1896
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 121.92 × 121.92 cm (48 × 48 in.) framed: 158.12 × 158.12 × 13.97 cm (62 1/4 × 62 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Artist
- Edwin Austin Abbey
Artist
Painting
Edwin Austin Abbey 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. His most famous set of murals, The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, adorns the Boston Central Library.
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- Edwin Austin Abbey
- Year
- 1896
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- overall: 121.92 × 121.92 cm (48 × 48 in.) framed: 158.12 × 158.12 × 13.97 cm (62 1/4 × 62 1/4 × 5 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1896-289864
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- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Source
- nga
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified