Edwin A. Abbey - 3

Some examples of Abbey's work in Harper's Monthly Magazine from 1904 to 1907. Click on images to enlarge them.

An illustration from Theodore_Watts-Dunton's critical comment of Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in Harper's Monthly Magazine for May 1904. Act IV. Scene V. Elsinore -- a room in the castle. Ophelia: "And of all Christian souls! I pray God. God be wi' you!"

An illustration from Swinburne's critical comment of Shakespeare's "Othello" in Harper's Monthly Magazine for October 1904. From Shakespeare's "Othello" in Harper's Monthly Magazine for October 1904. Act II. Scene I. A seaport town in Cyprus. Othello: "O my fair warrrior"

Detail of the large scene, above.

From Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" in Harper's Monthly Magazine for February 1906. Act III. Scene I. Caesar: "The ides of March are come." Soothsayer: "Aye, Caesar; but not gone."

Detail from an illustration from Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in Harper's Monthly Magazine for November 1906. Act IV. Scene I. First Apparition: "Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! beware McDuff!."

From Harper's Monthly Magazine for June 1907. Sir John Falstaff with his page -- King Henry IV. Act I. Scene II. No lines included on the original color plate, nor could I find other material for this play.

Color plate from Shakespeare's "Troilus and Cressida" in Harper's Monthly Magazine for October 1907. Cassandra.

From Arthur Symon's critical comment of "Troilus and Cressida." Cressida and her uncle. Look at those faces! Did illustration ever get any better than that?