Two Riders and Four Men on Foot | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 8.1955.245
People: Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Title: Two Riders and Four Men on Foot
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Study of six figures in a glen with two persons on horseback
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1798 - 1800
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/305834

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Graphite on off-white laid paper
Dimensions: 16.5 x 17 cm (6 1/2 x 6 11/16 in.)

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: 8.1955.245
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. 255, reproduced in b/w fig. 599

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