8.1955.196: The Prodigal Son
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 8.1955.196
- People
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Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
- Title
- The Prodigal Son
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- c. 1812
- Culture
- American
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/305711
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Graphite on off-white wove paper
- Dimensions
- 28.8 x 21.8 cm (11 5/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- label: verso, paper: 269
- inscription: lower edge, graphite: The Prodigal Son / Outlines and Sketches, Boston, 1880
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 8.1955.196
- 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), reproduced
- Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, "The Drawings of Washington Allston: A Catalogue Raisonné" (Ph.D. Diss., Harvard University, 1977), no. 245, reproduced in b/w fig. 584
Verification Level
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