DrawingsAmerican19th century

Study for Daniel's Robe, for "Belshazzar's Feast"; verso: Woman Reading a Book

1817

Artists

Washington AllstonArtist

Description

The sheet was cut before the drawing entered the Fogg's collection; for the bottom half of Daniels' Robe, see 8.1955.220.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on blue wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

20.8 x 24.5 cm (8 3/16 x 9 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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