The life and letters of Washington Allston . Portrait of Allston. From the original by George W. Flagg, N. A. THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WASHINGTON ATJ^STOS ft BY JAEED B. FLAGG WITH REPRODUCTIONS FROM ALLSTONS PICTURES NEW YORK T Q,w^/^r.,vCHARLES SCEIBNERS SONS MDCCCXCII :St- >^ COPTBIGHT, 1892, BY CHAKLES SCRIBNEKS SONS TROW DiHEOTORY PRiNTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANV NEW YORK Ui n^O the memory of Richard H. IDana, Sr., withoutwhose intelligent and careful labor in gatheringmaterial for his proposed life of z/lllston, I should nothave begun my work; and to his daughter, {MissT{.
The life and letters of Washington Allston . Portrait of Allston. From the original by George W. Flagg, N. A. THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF WASHINGTON ATJ^STOS ft BY JAEED B. FLAGG WITH REPRODUCTIONS FROM ALLSTONS PICTURES NEW YORK T Q,w^/^r.,vCHARLES SCEIBNERS SONS MDCCCXCII :St- >^ COPTBIGHT, 1892, BY CHAKLES SCRIBNEKS SONS TROW DiHEOTORY PRiNTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANV NEW YORK Ui n^O the memory of Richard H. IDana, Sr., withoutwhose intelligent and careful labor in gatheringmaterial for his proposed life of z/lllston, I should nothave begun my work; and to his daughter, {MissT{. Charlotte Dana, without whose encouraging co-operation and sympathy, I should neither have begunnor finished it, this Biography is gratefully PREFACE The autlior of tliis Biography, impelled by repeated re-quests of relatives and friends of Allston, has with diffi-dence attempted the work, too long delayed, of gatheringtogether such memories, written and verbal, as were still tobe found, for the purpose of constructing a suitable memo-rial of Americas great painter. Others have preceded me in the work, but for want of ma-terial at hand have been obliged to content themselves withslight and insufficient records of a life known to be rich in allthe elements requisite to interest, instruct, and elevate. Dunlap, Washington Irving, Mrs. Jameson, Tuckerman,Sweetser, Miss Peabody, and E. H. Dana, Jr., have contribut-ed valuable outlines, but in no instance has the work been car-ried to that measure of fulness which justice to the subject de-mands. This conviction of inadequacy in the various sketchesof Allstons life has given urgency to the request that I shouldundertake the task which would have been done by ablerhands had the el
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