id:			141935
accession number:	1965.474
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.474
updated:		2025-02-09 03:11:47.858000

Samuel Williams, c. 1817. Washington Allston (American, 1779–1843). Oil on canvas; framed: 172.5 x 142.5 x 14 cm (67 15/16 x 56 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.); unframed: 142.2 x 111.8 cm (56 x 44 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1965.474

title:				Samuel Williams
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creation date:			c. 1817
creation date earliest:		1812
creation date latest:		1827
current location:		205 Federal American
creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	America
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Washington Allston (American, 1779–1843)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 172.5 x 142.5 x 14 cm (67 15/16 x 56 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.); Unframed: 142.2 x 111.8 cm (56 x 44 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions
	opening date:   1966-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).

	title:		A Cloudy Symbol: Washington Allston in Retrospect
	opening date:   1975-03-06T04:00:00
	<i>A Cloudy Symbol: Washington Allston in Retrospect</i>. Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL (organizer) (March 6-April 13, 1975).

	title:		"A Man of Genius": The Art of Washington Allston
	opening date:   1979-12-11T05:00:00
	<i>"A Man of Genius": The Art of Washington Allston</i>. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (December 11, 1979-February 3, 1980); Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (February 28-April 27, 1980).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Boston, The Athenaeum Gallery: Annual Exhibition (1835), no. 60', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': "Boston, Harding's Gallery, Exhibition of Pictures Painted by Washington Allston, (1839) no. 34", 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'Boston, The Athenaeum Gallery, Annual Exhibition (1850), no. 62', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Catalogue of Works of Art Exhibited: Pt. 2, Paintings, Drawings, Engravings, and Decorative Art, (1881) no. 203', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Washington Allston (1948), no. 110', 'opening_date': '1948-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection in Progress (1955), no. 4', 'opening_date': '1955-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'United States Information Agency, Tour of South America (1956-57), no. 5', 'opening_date': '1956-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'United States Information Agency, Tour of Greece and Israel (1958), no. 8', 'opening_date': '1958-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Center, American Painting 1760-1960, (3 March - 3 April1960), p. 16.', 'opening_date': '1960-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Tucson, University of Arizona Art Gallery, American Painting 1765-1963, (1964), illus. pg. 17, cat. no, 2.', 'opening_date': '1964-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, Golden Anniversary Acquisitions, (1966), cat. no. 54', 'opening_date': '1966-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Coral Gables, Lowe Art Museum, The Paintings of Washington Allston, (6 March - 13 April 1975) cat. no, 17, discussed in text on pg. 9.', 'opening_date': '1975-03-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, "Man of Genius" The Art of Washington Allston (1779-1843), (1979) fig. 48, p. 71, discussed in text on pg. 86.', 'opening_date': '1979-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Timothy Williams, Boston; Mrs. W. Pratt; Theodore Lyman, Brookline, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman, Detroit; Kennedy Galleries, New York
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 161
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n185

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 161
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n185

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 200
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n220

	Adams, Henry. <em>What's American about American art?: a gallery tour in the Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 48 - 49
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