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Edwin Austin Abbey

Old Peasant Woman, 1881

Description

Maker

  • Edwin Austin Abbey, 1852-1911, American

Title

Old Peasant Woman

Year

1881

Medium

Brush and ink and opaque watercolor on cardboard

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • ink,
  • watercolor

Supports

  • Grey textured heavy woodpulp cardboard

Dimensions

Sight: 50.5 x 27.6 cm (19 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On left, along edge, inscribed in pencil: "Mar [illegible] 55 [illegible] Wednesday." LR: signed, in watercolor: "E. A. AbbeyMunich, Jan. 22,1881"

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.370

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Landscape and Leisure

March 13 - July 19, 2015

Edwin Austin Abbey made this drawing of an old woman when he traveled to Munich and visited the studio of the artist and instructor Alois Erdtelt. Drawing directly from the model, Abbey gives prodigious attention to the woman’s costume. Her fingerless gloves, felt shoes, and white collar, and her ruddy, wizened face designate her social status. The curious wooden frame on her back indicates her arduous job gathering sticks from the field for fuel.

Abbey’s technique is typical of that of illustrators in the period who used monochrome washes of brown, black, and white to create designs for wood engravers.

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