Landscape Marsh and Bridge by Edwin Austin Abbey was created in 1897 and is in Yale University Art Gallery. The size of the work is 25,4 × 35,6 cm and is made of gouache and watercolor on paper.
The Artist: American painter and illustrator Edwin Austin Abbey (1852 – 1911) studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Christian Schuessele. Abbey began as an illustrator, producing numerous illustrations and sketches for such magazines as Harper’s Weekly (1871–1874) and Scribner’s Magazine. His illustrations began appearing in Harper’s Weekly before Abbey was twenty years old. He moved to New York City in 1871. His illustrations were strongly influenced by French and German black and white art.