Two Studies of a Hand Holding a Letter, for "The Valentine"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 8.1955.141
People: Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Title: Two Studies of a Hand Holding a Letter, for "The Valentine"
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Two studies of a hand holding a book (?)
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1809 - 1811
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/305610

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Graphite on ivory wove paper
Dimensions: 11.1 x 12.7 cm (4 3/8 x 5 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: 8.1955.141
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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. 102, reproduced in b/w fig. 270

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