Washington Allston
Mary Carroll Caton
American, 1819
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 23 3/8 x 19 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. (59.4 x 50.2 x 5.4 cm) Sight: 17 1/2 x 13 7/8 in. (44.5 x 35.2 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of John D. Schapiro, through the Schapiro Antique Furniture and Art Trust and Eleanor Tydings Schapiro
Object Number
2003.70
Bust-size portrait of woman in white lace dress and hat
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2003; John D. Schapiro, Monkton, Maryland; Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Philadelphia, 1939; Albert Rosenthal collection
Samuel T. Freeman & Co., Philadelphia, "Albert Rosenthal Art Collection & Furnishings Sale," September 13-16, 1939.
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Anywhere So Long As There Be Freedom Charles Carroll of Carrollton, His Family & His Maryland," September 30-November 30, 1975, no. 57D.
"A Connoisseur's Gift: The Bequest of John D. Schapiro," The Baltimore Museum of Art, Nov. 1, 2003-Nov. 1, 2004.
Baltimore Museum of Art, "Anywhere So Long As There Be Freedom Charles Carroll of Carrollton, His Family & His Maryland," September 30-November 30, 1975, no. 57D.
"A Connoisseur's Gift: The Bequest of John D. Schapiro," The Baltimore Museum of Art, Nov. 1, 2003-Nov. 1, 2004.
Inscribed: Recto: upper left corner, red paint, "W. Alston 1820". Verso: stretcher, pencil, signature and title, and white chalk, 1247.
Markings: On the reverse is a paper label fixed to the upper stretcher bar with: Washington Allston / Mary Carroll Caton [typed] / Daughter of Chas. Carroll / Carrollton - Signer of Declaration / of Independence [in script]. Affixed to the reverse: The painting is referenced in: Ann C. Van Devanter "Anywhere So Long As There Be Freedom" Charles Carroll of Carrollton, His Family & His Maryland, Exhibition catalogue, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1975, p. 212
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Scott 08
