Allston, Washington

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

(1779-1843)

Painter and poet, b. in S. Carolina, became a distinguished painter, and also wrote a good deal of verse including The Sylphs of the Seasons, etc. (1813), and The Two Painters, a satire. He also produced a novel, Monaldi. He was known as "the American Titian."

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