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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