Washington AllstonAmerican, 1779–1843Mechanical Device with Pulleys and Chain
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Not on view at present
Where is “Mechanical Device with Pulleys and Chain” now? Collection: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Cambridge, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 8.1955.29
In the catalog
Sources
- Harvard Art Museums
- Image: Harvard Art Museums — © President and Fellows of Harvard College
In the life of Washington Allston
The whole life1820–1830s
Engravings after his paintings in gift annuals
Four of his paintings, among them “Moonlight” and “The Mother and Child” (the latter he counted among his best works), are engraved and published in the annual gift books The Atlantic Souvenir and The Token.
1841
Publishes the romance “Monaldi”
Publishes “Monaldi”, a romance illustrating Italian life.
1842
Griswold dedicates “The Poets and Poetry of America” to him
The influential critic and editor Rufus Wilmot Griswold dedicates his famous anthology “The Poets and Poetry of America” to him.
9 July 1843
Death at the age of 63
Dies at 63 without finishing “Belshazzar’s Feast”, the painting he had worked on for years as his intended masterpiece. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Harvard Square, between the First Parish Church and Christ Church.
![Composition with Four Figures [recto and verso], Attributed to Washington Allston, c. 1805](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/044e2eea-1b47-46e0-b33f-50adcdc6b4e7/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
