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Identification and Creation

Object Number
8.1955.220
People
Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Title
Lower Half of Daniel's Robe, for "Belshazzar's Feast"
Other Titles
Former Title: Study of drapery and legs
Former Title: Study for Daniel
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1817
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305731

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on blue-gray wove paper
Dimensions
14.4 x 18.4 cm (5 11/16 x 7 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: [in square brackets:] legs of Daniel in Belshazzar's Feast
  • label: verso, l.l., paper: 294

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
8.1955.220
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The sheet was cut before the drawing entered the Fogg's collection; for the top of the figure of Daniel, see 8.1955.164.

Publication History

  • The Paintings of Washington Allston, exh. cat., Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL, 1975), p. 24, cat. 37
  • Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, "The Drawings of Washington Allston: A Catalogue Raisonné" (Ph.D. Diss., Harvard University, 1977), no. 43B, reproduced in b/w fig. 102

Exhibition History

  • The Paintings of Washington Allston, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, 03/06/1975 - 04/13/1975

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