Harvard Art Museums > 8.1955.110: Moonlit River Landscape with Ruins, Boats and Figures Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Moonlit River Landscape with Ruins, Boats and Figures (Washington Allston) , 8.1955.110,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/305625. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 8.1955.110 People Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA) Title Moonlit River Landscape with Ruins, Boats and Figures Other Titles Former Title: Moonlit landscape with cities and river Former Title: Landscape Sketch Former Title: Italian Landscape Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1818 - 1819 Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/305625 Physical Descriptions Medium Graphite on buff wove paper Dimensions 11.4 x 16.8 cm (4 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: 176 watermark: Lay / [ illegible, script] 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 8.1955.110 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Verso shows very slightly sketched seated figure in graphite. Publication History The Paintings of Washington Allston, exh. cat., Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL, 1975), p. 24, cat. 33 Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, "The Drawings of Washington Allston: A Catalogue Raisonné" (Ph.D. Diss., Harvard University, 1977), no. 158, reproduced in b/w fig. 426; verso, no. 17C, fig. 44 William H. Gerdts and Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., "A Man of Genius": The Art of Washington Allston (1779-1843), exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston, MA, 1979), p. 214 Exhibition History The Paintings of Washington Allston, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, 03/06/1975 - 04/13/1975 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
