Painters, sculptors, architects, engravers, and their works : a handbook (1875)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York : Hurd and Houghton · leaf 50
. Page said, In color it is not as goodas the best of Titians, yet few pictures of Titians, of that size, areso good in color. In composition and chiaro-scuro it is one of thegreat pictures. It is the best picture in a gallery which contains thebest pictures to be seen in America. Allston also… … ALLSTON. 33 which ever gave me pleasure. In 1836, he was invited by Congressto paint a large picture for the Capitol, but his mind was fixed uponpainting Belshazzars Feast, for which he had made a sketch in1817. This was unfinished when he died, and is in the Boston Athe-na?um. Allston was…
