8.1955.25: Side View of the Head and Shoulders of a Woman Wearing a Tall Comb
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 8.1955.25
- People
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Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
- Title
- Side View of the Head and Shoulders of a Woman Wearing a Tall Comb
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Bust study of a young woman with her face turned away
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 1832 - 1835
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/305447
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Graphite on thin off-white wove paper
- Dimensions
- 12.5 x 9.7 cm (4 15/16 x 3 13/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 8.1955.25
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, "The Drawings of Washington Allston: A Catalogue Raisonné" (Ph.D. Diss., Harvard University, 1977), no. 207B, reproduced in b/w fig. 525
Verification Level
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