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Washington Allston : Self Portrait wikidata:Q20776626 reasonator:Q20776626
Artist
Washington Allston (1779–1843) wikidata:Q468272 s:en:Author:Washington Allston q:en:Washington Allston
Washington Allston
Alternative names
W. Allston; Washington Alston; Allston
Description American painter, poet, writer, novelist and artist
Date of birth/death 5 November 1779 Edit this at Wikidata 9 July 1843 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Charleston Cambridge
Work location
London , Boston
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creator QS:P170,Q468272
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Title
Self-portrait
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre self-portrait Edit this at Wikidata
Depicted people Washington Allston Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1805 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 80.3 cm (31.6 in) Edit this at Wikidata ; width: 67.3 cm (26.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+80.33U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+67.31U174728
institution QS:P195,Q49133
Current location
Gallery 233
Accession number
84.301 ( Museum of Fine Arts Boston ) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Object history 1805, The artist; by 1839, gift of the artist to Mary Preble Amory (Mrs. Nathaniel Amory, 1786-1865), Newport, R. I.; 1865, by descent to her sister, Caroline Preble Wormeley (Mrs. Ralph Randolph Wormely, born 1798), Newport. By 1871, John Taylor Johnston (1820-1893), New York; Dec. 19-22, 1876, "John T. Johnston Sale," Chickering Hall, New York, lot 140, to Miss Alice Sturgis Hooper (d. 1879), Boston for $925; 1884, bequest of Miss Alice Hooper to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 18, 1884)
Credit line Bequest of Miss Alice Hooper
Inscriptions

Signature and date center left:

W. ALLSTON./ROMAE. 1805.
References Museum of Fine Arts, Boston object ID : 30948 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer www.mfa.org : Home : Info : Pic

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