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Title: The quest of the holy grail
Creator: Abbey, Edwin Austin, 1852-1911, artist
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1895
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a knight Templar in chain mail holding a flag aloft while sitting astride a horse; above the knight's head two angels bow towards a glowing image of the Holy Grail chalice.
Item originally owned by illustrator Curtis Wager-Smith (1870-1950). "Copyright 1895 by Edwin A. Abbey."--text, bottom center margin. "E. A. Abbey 1895"--text, artist's signature on stone, bottom right of image. "Edwin A. Abbey Published by R. H. Russell & Son New York"--text, left of image.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 56.2 x 41.75 cm (22 1/8 x 16 7/16 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_ART_003049
502152
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/5024
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Books
Angels--Pictorial works
Grail--Pictorial works
Horses--Pictorial works
Knights and knighthood--Pictorial works
Templars--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Book & magazine posters. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Artist Posters
Large Size
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Relation: priJLC_ART_004616

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