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Identification and Creation

Object Number
8.1955.63
People
Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Title
Two Sketches for a Striding Female Figure, for "Saul and the Witch of Endor"
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Walking woman dressed in Eastern attire; woman dressed in a flowing gown
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1820
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305553

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
16.8 x 16.1 cm (6 5/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: J Whatman / Turkey Mill
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: [crossed out:] [Taylors?]

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
8.1955.63
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Verso has very slight sketch of left leg.

Publication History

  • Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, "The Drawings of Washington Allston: A Catalogue Raisonné" (Ph.D. Diss., Harvard University, 1977), no. 69B, reproduced in b/w fig. 175

Verification Level

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