LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Oil on panel

Measurements:

18.90 in. (48.00 cm.) (height) by 25.20 in. (64.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

Unsigned, identified and dated '...1801' on a presentation plaque, loan label from Fogg Art Museum (see below), and handwritten provenance label on the reverse

Condition:

Retouch, varnish inconsistencies, hairline horizontal crack to panel 6 inches down from the top, fine craquelure, varnish discoloration, panel beveled on vertical edges, subtle warping to panel. framed

Exhibited:

Second Exhibition of Paintings in the Athenaeum Gallery, The Boston Athenaeum Gallery, May 1, 1828, as The Robbers, painted in 1809, lent by Dr. Lowell, no. 183.

Literature:

The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index , 1827-1874 , compiled by Robert F . Perkins , Jr . and William J . Gavin III (Boston: The Library of the Boston Athenaeum , 1980) , p . 11 ; Finding Aid for Washington Allston Materials , as compiled by H.W.L . Dana (1881-1950) , Longfellow National Historic Site , Cambridge , Massachusetts , Number 96 , Photograph 160 , p . 32 and Number 85 , Photograph 257 , p . 37 ; William Dunlap , History of the Rise and Progress of The Arts of Design in the United States , Vol . II , first published 1834 (New York: Benjamin Blom , Inc. , 1965) , p . 301 ; Jared B . Flagg , The Life and Letters of Washington Allston (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons , 1892) , p . 33 ; Edgar Preston Richardson , Washington Allston: A study of the romantic artist in America (Chicago: University of Chicago Press , 1948) , p . 187 , no . 25 (Ref.: Dunlap , II , 156 ; Dana , No . 6) ; Robert L . White , 'Washington Allston: Banditti in Arcadia , ' American Quarterly , Vol . 13 , No . 3 (Autumn 1961) , p . 388 , article pp . 387-401 ; William H . Gerdts & Theodore E . Stebbins , Jr . 'A Man of Genius' The Art of Washington Allston (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts , 1979) , p . 24 , ill. ; The Correspondence of Washington Allston , Nathalia Wright , editor (Lexington , Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky , 1993) , pp . 23 , 240 , 333 , 565 ; Kerry Dean Carso , American Gothic Art and Architecture in the Age of Romanic Literature (Cardiff: University of Wales Press , 2014) , pp 23 , 240 , 333 , 565 ; Kerry Dean Carso , American Gothic Art and Architecture in the Age of Romanic Literature (Cardiff: University of Wales Press , 2014) , pp . 34-35

Provenance:

Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760-1841); Robert Charles Winthrop (1809-1894); Charles Russell Lowell Sr.(1782-1861); New York State private collection; to the present California private collection