Standing Man Regarding a Recumbent Figure, for "Death of King John"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 8.1955.117
People: Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Title: Standing Man Regarding a Recumbent Figure, for "Death of King John"
Other Titles: Alternate Title: A standing man looking down at a figure lying on a sick bed; verso: slight pencil sketch of legs (?)
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1837
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/305560

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

9.6 x 7.8 cm (3 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, graphite: 183

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: 8.1955.117
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. 92, reproduced in b/w fig. 247; verso, no. 299, fig. 652

Verification Level

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