DrawingsAmerican19th century
Mensuration: Drawing to Illustrate a Geometry Problem (IV)
c. 1796-1800
Artists
Washington AllstonArtist
Dimensions
23.7 x 18.8 cm (9 5/16 x 7 3/8 in.) framed: 48.6 × 38.4 × 3.2 cm (19 1/8 × 15 1/8 × 1 1/4 in.)
Provenance
To the artist's wife Martha Dana Allston at his death, 1843; to the Washington Allston Trust, 1862; permanent loan to the Fogg Art Museum, 1955
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