Hardcover
1993 · Lexington, Kentucky
by Wright, Nathalia
Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 1993. Hardcover. VG/VG. Slate blue cloth/boards; white lettering. Silver dj with bw photo and red lettering. Mylar cover. xix, 682 pp. with bw frontis and 12 bw illustrations. Washington Allston (1779-1843), the first major American artist trained in Europe, produced important paintings, explored sculpture and architecture, and published poetry and art criticism. On his return to America he became influential in the cultural and intellectual life of New England. Allston "knew everyone" and corresponded with many of the leading figures of his day, including Wordsworth, Longfellow, Irving, Sully, and Morse. Nathalia Wright's edition is the most comprehensive work to date on Allston, bringing together all known letters by and to him and describing his principal activity.
(Inventory #: 163409)