DrawingsAmerican19th century

Moonlit River Landscape with Ruins, Boats and Figures

1818 - 1819

Artists

Washington AllstonArtist

Description

Verso shows very slightly sketched seated figure in graphite.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on buff wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11.4 x 16.8 cm (4 1/2 x 6 5/8 in.)

Provenance

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

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