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The article focuses on the attribution of an alleged portrait of American poet and painter Washington Allston, which was given to the Princeton University Art Museum by the wife of Charles Scribner Jr., a descendant of Allston, and has been previously attributed to both Allston and painter Edward Greene Malbone. The article discusses an analysis of the portrait, relevant biographic information used to identify both the sitter and the painter and their relationship to each other.

The article features the attributions of the two paintings "Mother and Daughter of the Walker Family" and "Father and Son of the Walker Family" both found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The first oil painting was made by Asahel Powers and the latter made by Ammi Phillips. Both artworks belong to the Balken's collection. According to art conservators, both are executed on plain woven, moderate-weight canvases, which have textured ground.

The article focuses on the attribution of the portrait paintings Mr. and Mrs. George Dresser found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. Both artpieces are executed by using fluid oil paint on a moderate-weight, plain linen fabric with a thin white priming. The artwork was restored by Arthur E. Bye in 1968, wherein he removed the varnish and lining of the painting.

The article presents the attribution of the Attic-white-ground cup found at The Art Museum in Princeton, New Jersey. It is decorated on the inside with a figure in semi-outline technique and on the outside with ornaments in black silhouette on a white ground. According to Robert Guy, the shape of the Princeton cup corresponds to that of Bloesch's "Wiener Schalen." It is straight, inset lip, shallow bowl, two stout handles rising to the rim and continuous profile from the bowl to the foot.

The article presents the attribution of the Chalcedony Statuette of Herakles found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. There are many sculptures of bronze, marble and terracotta housed in the facility and it includes the Roman statuette of Herakles in translucent, blue chalcedony. It stands only 3.5 centimeters but its beauty and sophistication belie its small stature. It is one of the smallest and yet one of the finest of all gemstone statuettes.

The article focuses on the attribution of Alessandro Allori's painting "The Penitent Saint Jerome" found at the Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artwork shows an aged saint in the desert who is about to strike his breast with a rock, in an act of self-mortification. It is considered one of Allori's most colorful painting showing contrasting colors of green in the landscape and the red-orange of Jerome's hat, blue and lavender in the clothes and objects around him.

The article reports on the attribution of the Roman military diplomas found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. Data shows that these diplomas are records of special privileges granted to an ex-servicemen, inscribing the privileges given, category and specific beneficiary. But such artifacts are not completely available because some of them are used as a replacement in restoring a base of the Princeton head-vase that was irreparably damaged.

The article discusses the influence of painter Diego de Velázquez on the European painting particularly the high Baroque style in Spain. The impact of Velázquez on the works of the artists under his supervision and his subsequent generations are said to be evident on their works like Alonso Cano's "Miracle of St. Isidro" and Jusepe Leonardo's "Birth of the Virgin." However, it was in 1660 when Velázquez died that the high Baroque style was firmly installed in the town.

The article features the attribution of the oil painting "Portrait of a Man" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist used oil on canvas measuring 7.5 centimeter (cm) by 61 cm. According to museum conservators, the artpiece's support is a fine, twill linen fabric tacked to a four-member, half-lap pine strainer secured at the corners with two to three nails. Presented are other characteristics of the artwork.

The article features the attribution of the oil painting "Mary and David Dalzell" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It was made by an unidentified artist that used oil on canvas measuring 127 centimeters (cm) by 97 cm and depicting Mary and David Dalzell of New York. According to art conservators, eventhough the artwork is not yet conserved, it is still in good condition.

The article explores on the attribution of the oil painting "Lois Barnes Smith Warner" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist used oil on panel measuring 60.9 centimeters (cm) by 50 cm, depicting Lois Barnes Smith Warner. According to museum conservator, it is painted with oils having a fluid paste consistency, with clearly defined brushstrokes.

The article outlines the attribution of the painting "Father and Junior" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist used oil on canvas measuring 81 centimeters (cm) by 63 cm, depicting a portrait of a father with a child on his lap whose facial features, hands and the boy's foot are all modeled with a warm, translucent brown pigment.

The article offers information on the oil painting "Henrietta Harder" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist used oil on canvas measuring 76.5 centimeters (cm) by 60.3 cm, depicting the child Henrietta Harder wearing an orange dress whose eyes are modeled with a particularly soft focus. Museum conservators found that the technique of the painting suggests that the artist was not well grounded in the craft of painting.

The article features the attribution of the paintings "Captain George of Haverhill, Massachusetts" and "Mrs. George of Haverhill, Massachusetts" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. Both were made by an unknown artist which used oil on canvas measuring 72 centimeters (cm) by 59 cm, depicting Captain George and his wife who both sit on a complementary sofas decorated with horizontal rows of gleaming upholstery tacks.

The article offers information on the paintings "Guion McGregor" and "Gabel Swan" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It was made by Edward Duff Balkern wherein he used oil on panel measuring 63.5 centimeters (cm) by 50 cm and 64 cm by 50 cm, depicting Guion McGregor and his wife Gabel Swan. Both were presented against neutral green and brown backgrounds accented with red swagged drapery.

The article features the attribution of Sally Ann Sprague's watercolor painting "Flora" in Princeton, New Jersey. The artwork was made using watercolor and gouache on satin-silk. Art conservators found that she used twisted gold and black thread sewn to silk and applied to indicate drapery folds, fringe and sandals. The painting is in good condition because it is sewn to linen strips about 1.3 centimeters (cm) wide and protected by glass and not exposed to excess light.

The article features the attribution of the oil painting "Young Girl in Black" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. Experts found that the painting is applied thinly in oil, on a very fine, plain woven cotton fabric and tacked to a four-member strainer. In 1992, Nancy F. Markus restored the painting by tacking it to a new keyed stretcher wherein she removed the thin, discolored varnish and replaced with a brush coat of acrylic resin in solvent.

The article focuses on the attribution of the painting "The Penitent Saint Jerome" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. Researchers evaluated the provenance of the artpiece and found that it measures 52.7 by 41.6 centimeters (cm) which was thinly painted using a single plank of vertically grained poplar. They found lack of definition in the X-radiograph negative results suggesting that lead white is not a major component.

The article outlines the attribution of the painting "Ann of Malden Bridge" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It was painted by George Luk which was his contribution to the Carnegie International exhibition in 1930. He used oil on canvas, mounted on masonite measuring 62.5 centimeters (cm) by 52 cm. It depicts a woman with blunt-cut hair that was held in place with a black ribbon or headband.

The article offers information on the attribution of the painting "Lae George" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist used oil on canvas measuring 86.5 centimeters (cm) by 86 cm which depicts the picturesque beauty and awe-inspiring vistas of Lake George that attracted summer residents. In 1975, David Goist restored the painting by removing the varnish with organic solvents.

The article features the attribution of the watercolor painting "The Home Acre" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist used watercolor, gouache and graphite on paper measuring 26.6 centimeters (cm) x 4.7 cm, depicting a farm with contains various structures such as main house, barn and other functional buildings specific to an agricultural economy.

The article offers information on the attribution of the oil painting "Romantic Landscape" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist used oil on canvas measuring 91 centimeters (cm) by 122 cm that depicts the romantic landscape of New York State. According to museum conservators, the artpiece is in good condition and showed no sign of pronounced paint cleavage or damage.

The article offers information on the attribution of the painting "The Milch Cow" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist used oil on canvas measuring 14.3 centimeters (cm) by 31.8 cm, depicting a landscape scene with a cow and a dog painted over the thick green ground color. The crude tree is drawn along the left side and road snakes down from the hull in the background.

The article features the attribution of the oil painting "Girl with Basket of Flowers" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It was made by Thomas Sully wherein he used oil on canvas measuring 73 centimeter (cm) by 90.5 cm, depicting a girl seated on the grass in front of a stone wall covered with leafy vines.

The article offers information on the attribution of the silhouette painting "Mrs. Ebon Trudy of Pennsylvania" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist used paper and brown wash on thin paperboard measuring 24.8 centimeters (cm) by 17.2 cm, depicting Mrs. Ebon Trudy. In 1989, Marilyn Kemp Weidner restored the portrait by removing the kraft paper residues from the verso of the wood pulp secondary support.

The article elaborates on the attribution of the silhouette painting "Mother and Child of Pennsylvania" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It was made by Auguste Edouart wherein he used paper and brown wash on thin paperboard measuring 22.9 centimeters (cm) by 16.5 cm, depicting a silhouette portrait of a mother and child.

The article outlines the attribution of the painting "Girl in Calico" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It was made by Mary B. Tucker wherein she used watercolor and graphite on paper measuring 61.3 centimeters (cm) by 48 cm., depicting a girl whose dress shows stripes converging at the waistline with contrasting colors of light and dark blue, burnt sienna and light brown.

The article offers information on the attribution of the painting "Byron Chittenden" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The portrait was made by Joseph Whiting Stock wherein he used oil on canvas measuring 45.5 centimeters (cm) by 38 cm, depicting Byron Chittenden dressed in a brown coat, black vest and white shirt with red tie.

The article elaborates on the painting "The Milkmaid" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist used watercolor on paper measuring 27.9 centimeters (cm) by 22.9 cm, depicting a milkmaid. According to museum conservator Marilyn Kemp Weidner, she remove the glue spots found on the reverse of the portrait by hand erasers. The vertical staining was also reduced by washing in a moisture chamber.

The article offers information on the attribution of the painting "Conner O'Connor" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The unknown painter used oil on canvas measuring 76.2 centimeters (cm) by 60.6 cm, depicting Conner O'Connor. The sharp angle at which the figure is presented and the high facial coloring are unusual. Museum conservators commented that the portrait is done on an unevenly applied red ground.

The article offers information on the painting "Boy with a Whistle" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It was made by Robert Darling wherein he used oil on canvas measuring 74.9 centimeters (cm) by 60.3 cm depicting a charming, straightforward portrait of an unknown boy posed in full length. The boy's figure is set deeper into the visual space of the painting and does not fill the canvas in the same way.

The article features attribution of the painting "Jeremiah Day" found at The Art Museum in Princeton, New Jersey. The artwork was made by Edward Duff Balken wherein he used watercolor and ink on thin paperboard measuring 11.4 centimeters (cm) by 8.9 cm, depicting Jeremiah Day whose clothing and somber figure were further defined by using saturated black glaze to outline his black cravate, vest, coat lapels, individual buttons and shoulder line.

The article elaborates on the attribution of the painting "Rural Matron" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist used oil on panel measuring 71 centimeters (cm) by 60.2 cm, depicting a woman whose hair, jewelry and blue ribbons seem to shimmer as the wrap through the bonnet's fold and fall along her shoulders. Her black, balloon-sleeved, high-waisted dress, decorated with a gold-colored belt buckle and ornate lace collar depicts the fashion of 1830s.

The article offers information on the painting "Midshipman" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist used oil on heavy paper measuring 72.7 centimeters (cm) by 51.3 cm, depicting boy holding a mariner's telescope. Art experts believed that the painting dated to about 1830 on the basis of the costume worn by the young man.

The article features the attribution of the painting "Roses and Vase" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It was created by an unknown artist by using watercolor and graphite on thin paperboard measuring 33.6 centimeters (cm) by 25.4 cm and depicts grisaille-colored vase embellished with blooming pink and off-white roses, blue flowers and sprigs of pink rose buds.

The article elaborates on the attribution of the painting "Figures in a Garden" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist used watercolor, ink and gouache on paper measuring 47.3 centimeters (cm) by 60.3 cm, depicting nineteenth-century graveyards. The artwork was restored by Marilyn Kemp Weidner wherein she cleaned the surface with a crumbled eraser and reduced the large stain in the top right quadrant of the portrait.

The article features the attribution of the painting "William Jong" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It was made by an unidentified artist which used watercolor and graphite on paper measuring 9.9 centimeters (cm) by 7.9 cm, depicting the William Jong. The artist utilized a cursory, abbreviated method for delineating Wong's hands and outlined these forms, colored them with pale peach watercolor.

The article offers information on the painting "The Convent Garden" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It was made by an unknown artist wherein he used watercolor on paper measuring 35.9 centimeters (cm) by 48 cm, depicting a Catholic convent schools for young girls. Art experts believed that the elements depicted on the painting manifest that the artist has a profound likeness for flowers and gardening.

The article offers information on the painting "Polly Maxon" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It was made by an unidentified artist who used oil on canvas measuring 83.8 centimeters (cm) by 83.8 cm, depicting Polly Maxon. She was presented in an ambitious three quarter view, seated in a yellow-painted, rabbit ear, Windsor sidechair.

The article offers information on the attribution of the watercolor painting "Jerome Keith Spence" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It was made by an unidentified artist that used watercolor on paper measuring 13 centimeters (cm) by 10.8 cm, depicitng Jerome Keith Spence. The portrait skillfully communicates the sense of a light source directed from the left that cast Jerome's head in partial shadow. Presented are other characteristics of the artwork.

The article elaborates on the attribution of the painting "George Washington" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It was painted by an unidentified artists wherein he used oil on canvas measuring 66 centimeters (cm) by 50.5 cm, depicting George Washington, Commander in chief of the Continental forces during the revolutionary war, military hero, elder statesman and the first president of the U.S.

The article offers information on the painting "View of Hudson from the West" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist used watercolor and ink on paper measuring 24.5 centimeters (cm) by 34.6 cm., depicting the shoreline of Hudson, New York as viewed from the village of Athens. It was restored by Marilyn Kemp Weidner in 1989 wherein she removed old patches and paper strips that had been added to the top and bottom edges.

The article offers information on the watercolor painting "David Shary: New York Soldier of the Revolution" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It contains an unpainted paper located below the subject's portrait and Shary wears a bright blue coat with wide lapels, red and gray striped vest, bow tie cravat and long hair pulled back and tied with ribbon. In 1989, Marilyn Kemp Weidner restored the painting because it is discolored, stained and brittled.

The article features the attribution of the watercolor painting "Village Common" found at the Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It is a painting that bears no inscription of its author and measures 36.9 centimeters (cm) by 48.6 cm. It depicts a community of local farmers with land for grazing cattle and other livestock. In 1984, Marilyn Kemp Weidner restored the artpiece because of the tears and other losses along its edges.

The article offers information on the attribution of the watercolor painting "Mehitable Eddy Taber" found at the Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artwork was made by Deborah Smith Taber which depicts her niece Mehitable Eddy Taber, nicknamed Hetty when she was thirteen months old. She used black watercolor to outline her niece's piercing round eyes, strongly defined nostrils, cupid-bow lips and curved shoulders. Presented are the characteristics of the painting.

The article offers information on the attribution of the oil painting "Katherine" found at the Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It is made by Erastus Salisbury Field, wherein the oil paint was thinly applied with stippled and broken brushstrokes used for modeling. Eventhough the painting has been roughly cut in its edges that result to some loss to the design, its dimensions are fairly close to Field's portraits. Presented are other characteristics of the painting.

The article features the attribution of the oil painting "Infant with a Cat" found at the Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. Art conservators found that the painting has an unusual gray ground wherein the support is a very stiff, finely woven cotton. It has an ogee profile, yellow-toned, silver leaf frame identical to that of the frames on "Katherine" and "Ann of Maiden Bridge" except that both frames have been further embellished by the addition of an arched liner.

The article offers information on the attribution of the painting "Landscape Decoration" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist used tempera, gouache and graphite on thin paperboard measuring 45.8 centimeters (cm) by 60.7 cm depicting a landscape with oversized flowers and a garden growing with flowerbeds. In 1989, Marilyn Kemp Weidner restored the artwork because it badly cracked.

The article offers information on the silhouette painting "Margaret Struble" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It was made by an unidentified artist who used watercolor on paper measuring 20.6 centimeters (cm) by 14.9 cm, depicting the silhouette portrait of Margaret Struble of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The artist placed the black paper behind the paper support to provide visual contrast to the portrait.

The article presents attribution of the painting "Betty Purdy" found at The Art Museum in Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. It was painted by an unidentified artist wherein he used watercolor and graphite on paper measuring 11.1 centimeters (cm) by 10.2 cm, depicting Betty Purdy. To denote further contour in the portrait, he used haphazard, calculated strokes of dark color over light, thus showing details of Betty's blue dress fabric.