8.1955.116: Study of a Man with a Cape, for "Casket Scene;" verso: Pigeon Studies

Identification and Creation

Object Number

8.1955.116

People

Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)

Title

Study of a Man with a Cape, for "Casket Scene;" verso: Pigeon Studies

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Half-length study of a man with a cape; verso: four studies of doves flying and nesting

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1807

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/305571

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and graphite on ivory laid paper; verso: graphite

Dimensions

22.9 x 29.7 cm (9 x 11 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: recto, graphite: [8 lines, largely illegible:] But, before I can explain with precision the [ ] / [ ] they attained, and perceived with[ ] / [ ] which the [ ] was to [ ] / around them, I must look for the extension of / [fiefs?] and for the sources of chivalry / [ ] with victory with riches and independence / [ ] Romans [ ] to enjoy / their possessions and their grandeur.

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

8.1955.116

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. 96, reproduced in b/w fig. 254; verso, no. 175, fig. 456

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