Beatrice
Washington Allston
(American, 1779–1843)
1819
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions76.83 x 64.45 cm (30 1/4 x 25 3/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession number59.778
ClassificationsPaintings
Provenance1819, purchased (perhaps commissioned) from the artist by Theodore Lyman (b. 1792 - d. 1849), Boston; 1839, by descent to his brother-in-law, Samuel A. Eliot (b. 1798 - d. 1862), Boston; 1862, by inheritance to his wife, Mary Lyman Eliot (b. 1802 - d. 1869), Boston; by descent within the family to an anonymous donor; 1959, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 12, 1959)
