DrawingsAmerican19th century

Five Heads including Two Women and a Bearded Man, for "Belshazzar's Feast"

1817

Artists

Washington AllstonArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11.8 x 11.2 cm (4 5/8 x 4 7/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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