Mechanical Device (rectangular construction with attachments)

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 8.1955.131
People: Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Title: Mechanical Device (rectangular construction with attachments)
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Design for some kind of a machine
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 1839 - 1843?
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/305700

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

9.8 x 7.5 cm (3 7/8 x 2 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: upper edge, graphite, in artist's hand: [erased:] [v?] x any given number
label: verso, paper: 197

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: 8.1955.131
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. 295C, reproduced in b/w fig. 647

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