Cleveland Museum of Art
Samuel Williams
Washington Allston
- Date
- c. 1817
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Culture
- America
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Allston’s portrait of his London banker and business agent explores the experience of reverie. Williams looks off absently, perhaps inspired by the pictures in the book he holds. With its view of an Italianate landscape beyond the columns of this invented setting, the painting seemingly invites viewers to join the sitter in dreaming about faraway places. Allston experimented with painting recipes, even attempting to mix his pigment colors with skimmed milk.
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