Harvard Art Museums > 8.1955.8: Female Head, for "Mother Watching her Sleeping Child" Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Female Head, for "Mother Watching her Sleeping Child" (Washington Allston) , 8.1955.8,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 16, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/305440. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 8.1955.8 People Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA) Title Female Head, for "Mother Watching her Sleeping Child" Other Titles Alternate Title: Young female head Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1814 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/305440 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite and black and white chalk on blue-gray wove paper Dimensions 18.4 x 15.2 cm (7 1/4 x 6 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History To the artist's wife Martha Dana Allston at his death, 1843; to the Washington Allston Trust, 1862. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from The Washington Allston Trust Object Number 8.1955.8 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, "The Drawings of Washington Allston: A Catalogue Raisonné" (Ph.D. Diss., Harvard University, 1977), no.104A, reproduced in b/w fig. 273 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
