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Entrance of the Serving Maid

Edwin Austin Abbey

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white drawing of a woman standing at the entrance to a room, looking inside. The woman wears a long dress with a shawl around her shoulders. She stands on the right with her hand on a door frame. There is a chair next to her. Inside the room there is a bed on the left with a woman lying on it. The woman on the bed faces away from the viewer. A curtain hangs between the bed and the standing woman. The background of the room is shaded darker than the foreground.

Artwork Details

Date
1884–86[?]
Medium
Black ink and graphite on off-white wove paper card
Culture
American
Dimensions
599 × 467 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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