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Identification and Creation

Object Number
8.1955.92
People
Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Title
Horse-Drawn Carriage Attacked by a Man on Foot, from an ornamental fireplace
Other Titles
Former Title: Scene with figures, open carriage and horses
Former Title: Phaeton's Chariot
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1819?
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305540

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
18.8 x 15.8 cm (7 3/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite: NB: / Sketched from the marble fireplace in our house, old / Cambridge. RHD
  • label: verso, paper: 158
  • watermark: Crown

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
8.1955.92
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edgar P. Richardson, Washington Allston, 1779-1843, a loan exhibition of paintings, drawings and memorabilia, exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI, 1947), no. 36, p. 9
  • Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, "The Drawings of Washington Allston: A Catalogue Raisonné" (Ph.D. Diss., Harvard University, 1977), no. 263, reproduced in b/w fig. 609

Exhibition History

  • Washington Allston, 1779-1843: A Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Memorabilia, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 05/11/1947 - 06/15/1947; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 07/17/1947 - 08/24/1947

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