Edwin Austin Abbey, born in Philadelphia on April 1, 1852, was an artist whose career unfolds before us like a colorful painting. His artistic development began with simple illustrations for magazines such as Harper's Weekly and Scribner's Magazine. His creative line was influenced by European black and white art, and his skills grew visibly as he illustrated the works of Charles Dickens, Robert Herrick, and Oliver Goldsmith. With these works, Abbey proved that he was as skilled with a pen as other artists were with a brush.
In 1878, at the request of his employers, Abbey moved to England to illustrate the poetry of Robert Herrick. His illustrations were so successful that he eventually settled in England. In 1883, he was elected to the prestigious Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colors. It was around this time that Abbey began to become known for his paintings as well. His watercolor "The Evil Eye" and other works such as "The Rose in October," "An Old Song," "The Visitors," and "The Jongleur" have lost none of their original magic to this day. Abbey also created wonderful pastels such as "Beatrice," "Phyllis," and "Two Noble Kinsmen," which demonstrate his extraordinary ability to master the gentle tones of this technique. Abbey first showcased his skills with oils in 1890 with his painting "A May Day Morn." His participation in the Royal Academy in London marked an important milestone in his career. Equally notable was his commission of the painting for the coronation of King Edward VII in 1901, which earned him well-deserved recognition.
The 1890s took Abbey to the Boston Public Library, where he created an impressive series of murals. The series, depicting "The Quest and Attainment of the Holy Grail," was a massive undertaking that took Abbey eleven years to complete in his English studio. It was a true masterpiece that continues to impress visitors to the library today with its ingenuity and perfect craftsmanship. An art print of one of his works from this series would certainly enhance any home or office. Another project Abbey undertook was the creation of a series of murals and artwork for the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This ambitious project, begun in 1908, presented the ultimate challenge to his artistic abilities. Unfortunately, his health deteriorated at this time and he was unable to complete all of the works himself. Edwin Austin Abbey left an impressive artistic legacy. His works are exhibited in many prestigious museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Although Abbey is no longer with us, his presence remains in the masterpieces he left behind. He is proof that true art can transcend time and space, touching the hearts and souls of people long after the artist's death.
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.jpg "Who Is Sylvia What Is She, That All the Swains Commend Her by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study of an Angel by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study for The Spirit of Vulcan, Genius of the Workers in Iron and Steel, capitol rotunda, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "The Death of Mercutio - Act III, Scene I, Romeo and Juliet by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study for The Spirit of Vulcan, Genius of the Workers in Iron and Steel, Capitol Rotunda, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Men at an Anvil, Study for The Spirit of Vulcan by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_from_The_Quest_of_the_Holy_Grail_(a_-_(MeisterDrucke-1340030).jpg "Figure Study for the Castle of the Maidens, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of 15 paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for Figure of Abundance in the Mural, Science Revealing the Treasures of the Earth, at the State Capitol Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study for the Knighting of Sir Galahad, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a Series of Fifteen Paintings for the Boston Public Library, Completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study for The Spirit of Vulcan, Genius of the Workers in Iron and Steel, Capitol Rotunda, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_Enter_Theseus_from_-_(MeisterDrucke-1336814).jpg "Marriage Morning of Theseus and Hippolyta (detail) - Enter Theseus, from A Midsummer Night by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure study for the Infant Galahad, from The Quest of the Holy Grail by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure study for The Spirit of Vulcan, Genius of the Workers in Iron and Steel, capitol rotunda, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of wing for the Infancy of Galahad, from the Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study for The Departure, from The Quest of the Holy Grail by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study for the Seven Deadly Sins, from The Quest of the Holy Grail by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study for Castle of the Grail, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of 15 paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Galahad and the Captive Virtues, study for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for The Departure, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch of a Young Man in Profile; Sketch of Two Sets of Hands in Prayer by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Friar Laurence by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Studies for One of the Murals from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1339606).jpg "Unidentified Sketch - Landscape by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study of Ophelia, for The Play Scene in Hamlet, Act III, Scene II by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study for The Spirit of Light, Rotunda, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Titania, illustration for Act II, Scene ii, A Midsummer Night by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "The Queen in")
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_-_mural_decoration_at_State_Capitol_building_i_-_(MeisterDrucke-1334337).jpg "Figure Study for The Hours (3 pm) - Mural Decoration at State Capitol Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1902-1911 (completed by John Singer Sargent) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Composition study by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sir Toby and his Companions, illustration for Act II, Scene iii, Twelfth Night by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Head of Lady Anne, from Richard III by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Landscape: Meadow, Church in Background by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_Study_of_a_Male_Figure_(verso)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1366480).jpg "Hooded Figure (recto); Study of a Male Figure (verso) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch of a Cloaked Female Figure in Prayer for Three Marys at the Cross by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for The Key to the Castle, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Coronation of Edward VII Portrait: George Wyndham Kennion, Bishop of Bath & Wells by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1333544).jpg "Sketch of a Male Nude by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Preliminary Sketch of Helena and Lafeu for Act IV, Scene III, All")
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.jpg "Study for a Stained Glass Window Picturing St. Peter, Paris by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the Lady Anne by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Goneril and Regan in King Lear Act I Scene I by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch of a Woman, Stooped and Praying by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_Act_I_Scene_V_Measure_for_Measure_-_(MeisterDrucke-1347403).jpg "Isabella at the Nunnery, Act I, Scene V, Measure for Measure by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for an Unidentified Stained Glass Window with Saints by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sheet of Sketches: Two Nude Females, Profile of a Man, Figure Seated in an Interior by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Fair is my Love by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Maria, Sir Andrew, and Toby, illustration for Act I, Scene iii, Twelfth Night by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_Five_sketches_of_heads_(verso)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1345854).jpg "Seated Women (recto); Five Sketches of Heads (verso) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1338636).jpg "Sketch of a Young Man (Unidentified Sitter) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Compositional Study, possibly for Galahad Departs from the Land, in The Quest and Achievement of the Holy Grail, Book Delivery Room, Boston Public Library by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_Sketch_of_a_man_in_a_cape_(verso)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1335944).jpg "Assorted Sketches (recto); Sketch of a Man in a Cape (verso) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "The Duke and Friar Thomas, from Measure for Measure, Act I, Scene iii by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "The Re-entrance of the Players, Illustration for Act V, Scene I, A Midsummer Night by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for figure of 4 pm by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and the Lady Anne by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for the Figure of Stephan Girard by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Pile of men: caricature by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Aumerle, Costume Sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for The Quest of the Holy Grail (series of fifteen paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for Woman in Yellow Dress with Blue Veil by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_Sketch_of_one_foot_(verso)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1340196).jpg "Sketch of Three Feet (recto); Sketch of One Foot (verso) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "John of Gaunt, costume sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Unidentified Landscape by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for Aunt Pedigree, from Oliver Goldsmith by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch for Christmas Card by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of Three Heads of a Woman by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_from_The_Quest_of_the_Holy_Grail_(first_o_-_(MeisterDrucke-1338956).jpg "Figure study for the Infant Galahad, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (first of a series of fifteen murals for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Brighton in the Time of Our Grandfathers, the Pavilion, Steyne, and Promenade by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Interior Study of Westminster Abbey, for The Coronation of King Edward VII by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Ventidius Enters in Triumph, the Dead Body of Pacorus Borne Before Him, Act III, Scene I, Antony and Cleopatra by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Study for Seven Deadly Sins, from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a series of 15 paintings for the Boston Public Library, completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Head of Cordelia, from King Lear by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch for Ex Libris: M.G. & E.A. Abbey by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of the head of an old bearded man, for King Arthur by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Audrey, Illustration for Act V, Scene I, As You Like It by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "King Lear, Act I, Scene I, Cordelia")
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.jpg "A Measure by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(unidentified_illustration)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1335786).jpg "Figures Walking Among Old Ruins by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Sketch of a Kneeling Female Figure in Pink Dress for Galahad the Deliverer, One of the Holy Grail Murals at the Boston Public Library by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Willoughby, costume sketch for Henry Irving by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Figure Studies for the Knighting of Sir Galahad, from The Quest of the Holy Grail by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Turpentine Distillery, North Carolina by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Ferdinand Meets Miranda, illustration for Act III, Scene i, The Tempest by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1339196).jpg "Portrait of a Girl (unidentified sitter) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "The King on the Wall of Flint Castle by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of Sir Galahad, for One of the Murals from The Quest of the Holy Grail (a Series of Fifteen Paintings for the Boston Public Library, Completed in 1901) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for Figure of 12 Midnight by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_un_-_(MeisterDrucke-1340053).jpg "Sketch of a Couple Playing a Game, Surrounded by Onlookers, in an Interior by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1333545).jpg "Sketch of an Outdoor Stairway (Italian Pergola, for Book Illustration) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Who Is Sylvia? What Is She, That All the Swains Commend Her? by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_in_-_(MeisterDrucke-1347413).jpg "Study for Figure of 5 am(?) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Joseph of Arimathea, Figure Study by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study for The Trial of Queen Catherine by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Who Is Sylvia? What Is She, That All the Swains Commend Her?, c.1896-99 by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1339739).jpg "Head of the Princess of Wales (Queen Mary) by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Study of an Elderly Woman in Rocking Chair, Reading by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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.jpg "Christopher Sly, Illustration for Introduction, Scene II, Taming of the Shrew by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1338878).jpg "Study of an Angel by Edwin Austin Abbey")
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