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MR. X A. AT3BEY, R.A. djr Telegraph.— Press A«6dcliUdn.— dopyrleti^ (Received August. 2, 10.20 a.m.) LONDON, Ist August. { •The death is announced of Mr. Edwin Austin Abbey, K.A. £My. Abbey is an Amerirar) by bivil), j ha-viug been born at Philadelphia in 1862. Al'tpi' a roufpe in ihe art, scliools he was -engaged by Harper Brothers 111 1871. «i.nd went to England in. their interest sevan years later, tlis first oil painting ("A May Day Morning") was exhibited at, the Royal Academy in 1890. Ho has painted large decorative panels for the Boston Public Library, the Pennsylvania Slate Capitol, and other public buildings. He \tnn commissioned lopuinb Ihe official picturo of the- Coronation of Kin« Bdward VH,, which wa« exhibited 1 k 1803..4.J '
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 28, 2 August 1911, Page 7
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124OBITUARY. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 28, 2 August 1911, Page 7
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