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Letter
Presented by a group of admirers through John Singer Sargent 1924
actions: postures and motions
adults
chair
decanter
domestic
furnishings
glass
Goldsmith, Oliver, ‘The Deserted Village’
history
interior - non-specific
interiors
kitchen
legs crossed
letter
literature (not Shakespeare)
literature and fiction
man
objects
people
period: 18th c.
politics and society
reading, writing, printed matter
sitting
table
paper unique ink
The Letter
support: 305 × 267 mm
Presented by a group of admirers through John Singer Sargent 1924
<p><b>N03989</b> THE LETTER 1890
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<br/>Inscr. ‘E. A. Abbey 1890’ b.r.
<br/>Pen and ink, 12×10 1/2 (30·5×26·5).
<br/>Presented by a group of admirers through John Singer Sargent 1924.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Mrs E. A. Abbey.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., winter 1912 (312).</p>
<p>Possibly an illustration to Goldsmith's <i>The Deserted Village</i> which Abbey was illustrating in 1890 according to E. V. Lucas (1921, 1, pp.113, 203, 239).</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I</p>
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-20T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
actions: postures and motions adults chair decanter domestic furnishings glass Goldsmith, Oliver, ‘The Deserted Village’ history interior - non-specific interiors kitchen legs crossed letter literature and fiction literature (not Shakespeare) man objects people period: 18th c. politics and society reading, writing, printed matter sitting table