DrawingsAmerican19th century

Flying Figures, for "Fairies...;" verso: Running and Flying Figures

1829 - 1833

Artists

Washington AllstonArtist

Description

This work is joined to 8.1955.138 with tissue. They were originally part of the same sheet, torn vertically.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink on off-white laid paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

18 x 11 cm (7 1/16 x 4 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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