Abbey, Edwin Austin

1852 - Born on the 1st of April in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1871 - He was staff at Harpers by the time he was 19.

1878 - He moved to England

1890 - He completed murals for the Boston Public Library.

1898 - He was made a full member of the Royal Academy.

1902 - He was chosen to paint the coronation of King Edward VII.

1907 - He declined an offer of knighthood in order to retain his U.S. citizenship.

       - He summered at Broadway, Worcestershire, England, where he painted and vacationed alongside

               John Singer Sargent at the home of Francis Davis Millet.

1908 - He painted a number of murals and other artworks for the rotunda of the new Pennsylvania

               State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

       - His works in that building include allegorical medallions representing Science, Art, Justice, and Religion,

               as well as large murals underneath the Capitol dome.

        - He was elected to the National Academy of Design and The American of Arts and Letters.

1911 - Died on the 1st of August.

1937 - The Yale University became the home for a sizable collection of his works, the result of a bequest

              from Abbey's widow.