Figures around Campfire
Figures around Campfire

Currently not on view

Figures around Campfire,

1805

W. Alston, British, active 1805
x1963-43

Information

Title
Figures around Campfire
Dates

1805

Maker
W. Alston
Medium
Watercolor
Dimensions
35 x 39.5 cm. (13 3/4 x 15 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.
Object Number
x1963-43
Signatures
Signed and dated, bottom right: W. Alston 1805
Culture
British
Type
drawings, watercolors
Materials
boards (flat objects), watercolor, paper (fiber product)
Subject
landscapes (representations), evening, figures (representations), fires

in graphite on verso: Mr. Alston | Mr. Halls-Holborn Hill | Near Bartlet buildings

in graphite on verso: Landscape by | Washington Allston | Lent by Dr. Frank J. Mather | Princeton, NY (sic)

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