Edwin Austin Abbey - Cordelia’s Farewell

Edwin Austin Abbey, (born April 1, 1852, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died August 1, 1911, London, England), American painter and one of the foremost illustrators of his day.

While working as an illustrator for the publishing house of Harper and Brothers, New York City, Abbey began to create illustrations for the poems of Robert Herrick in 1874. He went on to create illustrations for some of the works of Oliver Goldsmith and William Shakespeare.