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Identification and Creation

Object Number
8.1955.103
People
Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Attributed to Samuel Finley Breese Morse, American (Charlestown, MA 1791 - 1872 New York, NY)
Title
Study of a Right Leg; verso: Shoulders, Arm and Hand for "Dead Man Revived"
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Anatomy study of the lower leg; verso: anatomical studies
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1811 - 1813
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305423

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on brown wove paper
Dimensions
49.2 x 29.8 cm (19 3/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: u.r., graphite: Morse
  • inscription: verso, l.r., graphite: Allston

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
8.1955.103
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The Paintings of Washington Allston, exh. cat., Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL, 1975), p. 24, cat. 35 (verso)
  • Kenyon Castle Bolton, III, "The Drawings of Washington Allston: A Catalogue Raisonné" (Ph.D. Diss., Harvard University, 1977), no. 301, reproduced in b/w fig. 656; verso, no. 6, fig. 16

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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