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Identification and Creation

Object Number
8.1955.72
People
Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Title
Two Capitals in Perspective; verso: Abacus in Perspective
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Two sketches of a column drum and abacus
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1839 - 1840
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305642

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk on off-white wove paper; verso: graphite
Dimensions
19.9 x 25.2 cm (7 13/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: verso, paper: 138
  • inscription: left edge, black ink: Cambridge Port Map
  • inscription: verso, graphite: VB abacus 9 ft 6 inches / N. B. oversight-- correct by 4 x 7

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
8.1955.72
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 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. 58, p. 11
  • Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, "The Drawings of Washington Allston: A Catalogue Raisonné" (Ph.D. Diss., Harvard University, 1977), no. 64B, reproduced in b/w fig. 148; verso, no. 64A, fig. 147

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

Verification Level

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