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Identification and Creation

Object Number
8.1955.116
People
Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Title
Study of a Man with a Cape, for "Casket Scene;" verso: Pigeon Studies
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Half-length study of a man with a cape; verso: four studies of doves flying and nesting
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1807
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/305571

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and graphite on ivory laid paper; verso: graphite
Dimensions
22.9 x 29.7 cm (9 x 11 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, graphite: [8 lines, largely illegible:] But, before I can explain with precision the [ ] / [ ] they attained, and perceived with[ ] / [ ] which the [ ] was to [ ] / around them, I must look for the extension of / [fiefs?] and for the sources of chivalry / [ ] with victory with riches and independence / [ ] Romans [ ] to enjoy / their possessions and their grandeur.

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
8.1955.116
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. 96, reproduced in b/w fig. 254; verso, no. 175, fig. 456

Verification Level

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