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Oil on canvas\r\n; 43.6 × 36 cm, 63.8 × 56.5 × 6.3 cm (frame). 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Edward Malbone specialized in miniature painting in watercolor on ivory, whose characteristic delicacy can be felt in this larger but still intimate oil on canvas. The two artists became acquainted in Newport, Rhode Island, and continued their friendship in Boston where Allston was a student and Malbone had established himself professionally. Malbone’s portrait of Allston might have resulted from either period; its precise dating is complicated by the fact that it appears at some point to have been cut down, obscuring details that might have helped identify the specific setting of the sitter.</p></span>","remarks":"MEB Rotation September 2018"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"Mother of Washington Allston, the sitter; inherited by her descendants, the Flagg family; donated to the Princeton University Art Museum by Louise (Flagg) Scribner, 1970s.","remarks":null}],"datebegin":1789,"sortnumber":"2005    2","published_date":"2026-02-11 11:21:32.572755","objectid":43746,"dimensions":"43.6 × 36 cm (17 3/16 × 14 3/16 in.)\r\nframe: 63.8 × 56.5 × 6.3 cm (25 1/8 × 22 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)","on_view":true}