Two Profiles of Female Heads | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 8.1955.102
People: Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Title: Two Profiles of Female Heads
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Profile of female head with jeweled headdress; female profile face
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1817 - 1829
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/305687

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on cream wove; brown ink on cream wove adhered to main support

Dimensions

10.8 x 16.1 cm (4 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
Sheet of cream wove paper adhered to left side of main support: 8.6 x 4 cm (3 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: 148

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: 8.1955.102
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. 287, reproduced in b/w fig. 635

Verification Level

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