8.1955.152: Angel Descending the Stairs; Two Angels; Five Angels, for "Jacob's Dream"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

8.1955.152

People

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

Title

Angel Descending the Stairs; Two Angels; Five Angels, for "Jacob's Dream"

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Tracing for the painting "Jacob's Dream"

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1818

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/305612

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink on yellowed wove tracing paper mounted to tissue

Dimensions

45.6 x 60.9 cm (17 15/16 x 24 in.)
mount: 48.7 x 64.4 cm (19 3/16 x 25 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• label: verso, paper: 217

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

8.1955.152

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Washington Allston, Outlines and Sketches (Boston, MA, 1850)
• 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. 62, p. 11
• Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, "The Drawings of Washington Allston: A Catalogue Raisonné" (Ph.D. Diss., Harvard University, 1977), no. 41B, reproduced in b/w fig. 90

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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