Arm, Hand, and Thighs of a Man Playing a Lute

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 8.1955.225
People: Washington Allston, American (Georgetown, SC 1779 - 1843 Cambridge, MA)
Title: Arm, Hand, and Thighs of a Man Playing a Lute
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Seated Figure Playing Mandolin
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1830?
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/305741

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Red crayon on yellowed tracing paper, mounted on off-white card

Dimensions

19 x 25 cm (7 1/2 x 9 13/16 in.)
mount: 21.6 x 27.4 cm (8 1/2 x 10 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

label: verso, paper: 332

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: 8.1955.225
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. 289, reproduced in b/w fig. 637

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