Two Sketches for a Striding Female Figure, for "Saul and the Witch of Endor" | Harvard Art Museums | KenAI

Two Sketches for a Striding Female Figure, for "Saul and the Witch of Endor"

DrawingsAmerican19th century

Two Sketches for a Striding Female Figure, for "Saul and the Witch of Endor"

c. 1820

Artists

Washington AllstonArtist

Description

Verso has very slight sketch of left leg.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on ivory wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

16.8 x 16.1 cm (6 5/8 x 6 5/16 in.)

Provenance

To the artist's wife Martha Dana Allston at his death, 1843; to the Washington Allston Trust, 1862.

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