Washington Allston
, (Nov 5, 1779–Jul 9, 1843)
12 5/8 in. x 9 5/8 in. (32.07 cm x 24.45 cm)
Tragic Figure in Chains
180012 5/8 in. x 9 5/8 in. (32.07 cm x 24.45 cm)
Medium and Support:
Watercolor on paper mounted on panel
Credit Line:
Museum purchase
Accession Number:
1941.24
Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Washington Allston 1779-1843 Detroit Institute of Arts , 5/8/1947 - 8/24/1947
- Two Hundred Years of American Painting Vancouver Art Gallery , 3/8/1955 - 4/3/1955
- Artistic Highlights of American History Addison Gallery of American Art , 1/10/1958 - 3/23/1958
- A Man of Genius: The Art of Washington Allston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston , 12/12/1979 - 2/3/1980
- Breaking Away: Paintings and Drawings of the Colonial and Federal Periods Addison Gallery of American Art , 10/3/1980 - 11/2/1980
- Benjamin West and His American Students National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution , 10/19/1980 - 4/19/1981
- Madness in America University Art Museum, State University of New York at Binghamton , 5/13/1994 - 6/11/1995
- Addison Gallery of American Art: 65 Years Addison Gallery of American Art , 4/13/1996 - 7/31/1996
- Chance Encounters: (Un)Selected Works from the Addison Collection Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/2/2003 - 11/30/2003
- The Art of Ambition in the Colonial Northeast Addison Gallery of American Art , 9/1/2019 - 12/15/2019
- Regarding America: 19th Century Art from the Permanent Collection Addison Gallery of American Art , 4/23/2022 - 7/31/2022
Bibliography List
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Christoph Grunenberg. American Gothic Culture: An Edinburgh Companion . Edinburgh University Press. 12/2015
- Kerry Dean Carso. American Gothic Art and Architecture in the Age of Romantic Literature . The University of Wales Press. 11/2014
- Kerry Dean Carso. Banditti Mania: The Gothic Haunting of Washington Allston in Symbiosis . University of Northampton. 3/2007
- Barbara Novak. Volume One: American Painting of the Nineteenth Century . Oxford University Press. 11/2006
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