Silenus and Fauns | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 8.1955.204
People: Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Title: Silenus and Fauns
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Silenus and two fauns
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1826
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/305727

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink over graphite on buff wove paper

Dimensions

20.4 x 19.8 cm (8 1/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: lower edge, brown ink: Silenus and Fauns / Wa. Allston inv't 1826 [Bolton catalogue raisonné describes this as not inscribed by the artist]

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: 8.1955.204
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. 132B, reproduced in b/w fig. 356

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