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| 537. Edwin Austin Abbey (American/British, 1852-1911), "Lancelot and Guenevere", c .1885; oil/cradled panel, oval, 19" x 15", signed. In 1868, Abbey attended evening classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art under Christian Schussele . In the same year Abbey began to work as an illustrator for the Philadelphia publishers Van Ingen & Snyder. In 1870 Harper's Weekly published the Puritans' First Thanksgiving, and in 1871 Abbey moved to New York to join the staff of Harper & Brothers, thus inaugurating his most important professional relationship. He was highly influenced by the works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The success of his illustrations to some of Robert Herrick's poems, such as Corinna's Going A-Maying in Harper's New Monthly Magazine (May 1874), prompted Harper & Brothers in 1878 to send Abbey to England to do a complete series of drawings for an illustrated gift-book. 3000-5000 | ||||||||||||