Editing Edwin Austin Abbey (section)

==Legacy==
Abbey was elected to the [[National Academy of Design]], in 1902,<ref name="EB"/> and [[The American Academy of Arts and Letters]]. He was honorary member of the Royal Bavarian Society and the [[Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts]], and was made a chevalier of the French [[Legion of Honour]].<ref name="EB1911"/> He was a prolific illustrator, and attention to detail, including historical accuracy, influenced successive generations of illustrators.<ref name="Souter, Nick and Tessa 2012 16"/>

Edwin had been a keen supporter of the newly founded [[British School at Rome]] (BSR), so, in his memory, his widow donated £6000 to assist in building the artists' studio block and, in 1926, founded the Incorporated Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Scholarships.<ref name="Edwin">{{cite web |url=http://www.abbey.org.uk/about_the_awards.php |title=Abbey Awards website |access-date=March 24, 2014 |archive-date=January 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170114083631/http://www.abbey.org.uk/about_the_awards.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> The scholarships were established to enable British and American painters to pursue their practice. Recipients of Abbey funding – Scholars and, more recently, Fellows – devote their scholarship to working in the studios at the BSR, where there has, ever since, been at least one Abbey-funded artist in residence. Previous award holders include [[Stephen Farthing]], [[Chantal Joffe]] and [[Spartacus Chetwynd]]. [[British School at Rome#Awards and Fellowships|The Abbey Fellowships]] (formerly 'Awards') were established in their present form in 1990, and the Abbey studios also host the BSR's other Fine Art residencies, such as the [[Derek Hill (painter)#Rome and the Derek Hill Foundation|Derek Hill Foundation Scholarship]] and the [[British School at Rome#Awards and Fellowships|Sainsbury Scholarship in Painting and Drawing]]. A bust of Edwin Abbey, by [[Sir Thomas Brock]], stands in the courtyard of the BSR.<ref name="Bust">{{cite web | url=http://www.victorianweb.org/sculpture/brock/38.html | title=Edwin Abbey by Thomas Brock on The Victorian Web website}}</ref>

Edwin also left works to the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in New York, to the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]] and to the [[National Gallery]] in London.<ref name="EB1922"/>

Abbey is buried in the churchyard of [[Old St Andrew's Church, Kingsbury|Old St Andrew's Church]] in [[Kingsbury, London|Kingsbury]], London. His grave is [[Grade II listed]].<ref>{{NHLE |num= 1267873|desc= Tombstone to Edwin Austin Abbey in St Andrews Old Churchyard, Wembley|access-date= 18 February 2016|fewer-links=yes}}</ref>
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