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Identification and Creation

Object Number
8.1955.232
People
Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Title
Street Fight at Night with Man Holding Candlestick
Other Titles
Former Title: College boys in fray with nightwatchmen of Boston
Former Title: Scene from American Revolution
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1797 - 1800
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305889

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and gray wash on off-white laid paper
Dimensions
23.6 x 18.5 cm (9 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, brown ink: early drawings

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
8.1955.232
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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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. 219, reproduced in b/w fig. 544

Verification Level

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