In a Tavern, Illustration for "Phillada Flouts Me" 1886

"In a Tavern, Illustration for 'Phillada Flouts Me'" is a pencil drawing by American artist Edwin Austin Abbey, dated 1886. The artwork depicts a scene from a tavern with a man standing in the doorway, looking away from the viewer. Three other men are seated at a table inside the tavern, with two of them raising a toast. The drawing exemplifies Abbey's illustrative style, which captured the details of historical settings and costumes. This artwork, currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, was created for an illustration of a poem, "Phillada Flouts Me", making it an engaging example of book illustration and the depiction of 17th-century British life.