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Identification and Creation

Object Number
8.1955.123
People
Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Title
Three Heads with Headdresses; Harp; Three Patterns
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Design for a vase; harp; three heads with headdresses and two patterns
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1817
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305562

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on off-white modern laid paper
Dimensions
16 x 9.8 cm (6 5/16 x 3 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: verso, paper: 189

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
8.1955.123
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. 283, reproduced in b/w fig. 631

Verification Level

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