id: 141935 accession number: 1965.474 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.474 updated: 2022-01-04 16:34:07.032000 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 title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- culture: America, 19th century technique: oil on canvas department: American Painting and Sculpture collection: American - Painting type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Washington Allston (American, 1779-1843) - artist --- 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.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions opening date: 1966-09-10T04:00:00 Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966). title: A Cloudy Symbol: Washington Allston in Retrospect opening date: 1975-03-06T04:00:00 A Cloudy Symbol: Washington Allston in Retrospect. 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 "A Man of Genius": The Art of Washington Allston. 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). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Boston, The Athenaeum Gallery: Annual Exhibition (1835), no. 60
Boston, Harding's Gallery, Exhibition of Pictures Painted by Washington Allston, (1839) no. 34
Boston, The Athenaeum Gallery, Annual Exhibition (1850), no. 62
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Catalogue of Works of Art Exhibited: Pt. 2, Paintings, Drawings, Engravings, and Decorative Art, (1881) no. 203
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Washington Allston (1948), no. 110
Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection in Progress (1955), no. 4
United States Information Agency, Tour of South America (1956-57), no. 5
United States Information Agency, Tour of Greece and Israel (1958), no. 8
Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Center, American Painting 1760-1960, (3 March - 3 April1960), p. 16.
Tucson, University of Arizona Art Gallery, American Painting 1765-1963, (1964), illus. pg. 17, cat. no, 2.
Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, Golden Anniversary Acquisitions, (1966), cat. no. 54
Coral Gables, Lowe Art Museum, The Paintings of Washington Allston, (6 March - 13 April 1975) cat. no, 17, discussed in text on pg. 9.
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. --- PROVENANCE Timothy Williams, Boston; Mrs. W. Pratt; Theodore Lyman, Brookline, Mass.; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman, Detroit; Kennedy Galleries, New York date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Allston experimented with painting recipes, even attempting to mix his pigment colors with skimmed milk. digital description: Allston’s portrait of his London banker and business agent explores the experience of reverie. Williams
looks off absently, perhaps inspired by the pictures in the book he holds. With its view of an Italianate
landscape beyond the columns of this invented setting, the painting seemingly invites viewers to join
the sitter in dreaming about faraway places. wall description: Allston’s portrait of his London banker and business agent explores the experience of reverie. Williams looks off absently, perhaps inspired by the pictures in the book he holds. With its view of an Italianate landscape beyond the columns of this invented setting, the painting seemingly invites viewers to join the sitter in dreaming about faraway places. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 200 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n220 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.474/1965.474_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.474/1965.474_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1965.474/1965.474_full.tif