Man in eighteenth-century dress with tri-corner hat sitting in corner, while another man enters the room carrying a pitcher. Drawing shows a handsome young gentleman in eighteenth-century dress, sitting in a corner with a dog at his feet. Another man enters, carrying a pitcher. Abbey was a cartoonist and illustrator, who depicted scenes from English and American history, and spent most of his later life in England. He is considered the finest American illustrator before Howard Pyle. Date 1885.