In the Library

1888

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Pen and ink on cardboard
Dimensions: sheet: 17 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (45.1 x 28.6 cm)
Collection no.: 29.100.925
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Edwin Austin Abbey. In the Library. Edwin Austin Abbey; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

In the Library — Edwin Austin Abbey. 1888.

Medium: Pen and ink on cardboard. Dimensions: sheet: 17 3/4 x 11 1/4 in. (45.1 x 28.6 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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