"Danger" Washington Allston 1815

"Danger"
Washington Allston 1815
From the collection of
The Walters Art Museum
This drawing in ink shows a nude man in Michelangelesque style lying on a jutting ledge of rock, illustrating six lines from the English poet William Collins (1721-1759), written below the drawing, as follows: "Danger, whose form of giant mould / What mortal eye dare, fix'd, behold! / Who stalks his round and hideous Form / Howling admidst the midnight storm; / Or throws him on the ridgy steep / Of some loose hanging rock to Sleep." This work was formerly housed in one of William T. Walters' drawings albums.
Details
Title: "Danger"
Creator: Washington Allston (American, 1779-1843)
Date Created: ca. 1815
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Roles: Artist: Washington Allston (American, 1779-1843)
Provenance: William T. Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Object Type: drawings
Medium: ink on paper
Inscriptions: [Signed] Lower left: W. Allston
Exhibitions: American Drawings from the Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1987., A Man of Genius: The Art of Washington Allston. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston. 1979-1980.
Dimensions: H: 9 5/8 x W: 7 11/16 in. (24.4 x 19.5 cm)
Credit Line: Acquired by William T. Walters
Classification: Painting & Drawing
Accession Number: 37.155

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Washington Allston
Nov 5, 1779 - Jul 9, 1843

Washington Allston was an American painter and poet, born in Waccamaw Parish, South Carolina. Allston pioneered America's Romantic movement of landscape painting. He was well known during his lifetime for his experiments with dramatic subject matter and his bold use of light and atmospheric color.
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