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    Washington Allston ARA (November 5, 1779 – July 9, 1843) was an American painter and poet, born in Waccamaw Parish, South Carolina. Allston pioneered...
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    Allston is an officially recognized neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was named after the American painter and poet Washington...
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  • Johanna Allston (born 1986), Australian orienteer Robert Francis Withers Allston (1801–1864), Governor of South Carolina Washington Allston (1779–1843)...
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    visiting Rome in 1805, Irving struck up a friendship with painter Washington Allston and was almost persuaded into a career as a painter. "My lot in life...
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  • of artists including his brother, Jared Bradley Flagg, and uncle Washington Allston, with whom both brothers studied. Flagg was born on June 26, 1816...
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    Museum of Art in New York, donating several notable works such as a Washington Allston painting in 1901. He was also a patron of young artists. In 1901 he...
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    American poetry, The Poets and Poetry of America, which he dedicated to Washington Allston. Griswold's collection featured poems from over 80 authors, including...
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  • Literature. The term was coined by the American painter and poet Washington Allston (1779-1843), and was introduced by T.S. Eliot, rather casually, into...
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    in London where many American artists studied under him, including Washington Allston, Ralph Earl, James Earl, Samuel Morse, Charles Willson Peale, Rembrandt...
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    Florimell's Flight by Washington Allston...
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    Coleridge at age 42, portrait by Washington Allston...
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    Hermia and Helena by Washington Allston, 1818...
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    the Declaration of Independence. He was also the father-in-law of Washington Allston, a noted painter and poet. Francis was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts...
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    where he befriended poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and painter Washington Allston. He moved to Rome, Italy, and opened a studio, but achieved most of...
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    the notable artist, Washington Allston. Allston wanted Morse to accompany him to England to meet the artist Benjamin West. Allston arranged—with Morse's...
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    Belshazzar's Feast by Washington Allston, 1817. The queen in this story, depicted here between Daniel and Belshazzar, has been identified with Nitocris...
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    and Drag-On. Referenced in the movie The Book of Eli, starring Denzel Washington in the title role as the man on a mission in a post-apocalyptic world...
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    The Spanish Girl in Reverie is a 19th-century oil painting by Washington Allston. Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts a young Spanish girl waiting...
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    engineer Loammi Baldwin Jr., George Ticknor, Gilbert Stuart, and Washington Allston. One hundred dollars was offered for the best design; about 50 plans...
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    influence. Washington Allston was more than a mentor, but a close friend who enlightened and inspired Horatio. He even molded a bust of Washington. Before...
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    A., eds. (2004). The Taming of the Shrew. Folger Shakespeare Library. Washington: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7434-7757-4. Addison-Roberts, Jeanne (Summer...
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    Matthew Pratt, Gilbert Stuart, John Trumbull, Samuel Lovett Waldo, Washington Allston, Thomas Sully, John Green, and Abraham Delanoy. West died at his house...
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    1828. It was inspired by a conversation with the American artist Washington Allston and perhaps also by a poem by Thomas Smart Hughes. It shows a panoramic...
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    Harvard Yard; an adjoining campus immediately across Charles River in the Allston neighborhood of Boston; and the medical campus in Boston's Longwood Medical...
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    by other Amertican artists, such as John Trumbull, Thomas Sully, Washington Allston, and John Vanderlyn. Stuart married Charlotte Coates around September...
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    John Trumbull. "In 1839 there was an exhibition ... of such works of Washington Allston as could be borrowed for the occasion. This was managed by the friends...
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    portrait painter Cristofano Allori (1577–1621), Italian portrait painter Washington Allston (1779–1843), American poet and painter Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852–1909)...
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    several American artists including Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859), Washington Allston (1779-1843), Thomas Sully (1783-1872), Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872)...
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    Wouter van Twiller A drawing of Wouter van Twiller by Washington Allston (detail) 5th Director of New Netherland In office 1633–1638 Preceded by Sebastiaen...
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    He had 19 children, and his descendants include Ellery Channing, Washington Allston, William Ellery Channing, Richard Henry Dana Sr., Edie Sedgwick, Paulita...
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