Solitude: Miss Vesta Rollinstall

1878

Edwin Austin Abbey

Associated Names
Edwin Austin Abbey

Artist, American, 1852 - 1911

The image shows a pencil drawing of a woman's upper three-quarters body in profile. She is standing near a window with her hands clasped in front of her. The woman has softly sketched facial features, slightly tilted head, and a focused gaze looking downward. Her hair is styled up. She wears a long-sleeved dress with a high collar and a brooch at the neckline. The background features abstract lines and shading, with light coming through the window.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on heavy cream wove paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 42.8 × 20.6 cm (16 7/8 × 8 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 83.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: E.A. Abbey 1878; center verso in graphite by unknown hand: Two Hundred / and / Two [effaced]; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: [not deciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q64557799

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