Allston

[ awl-stuh n ]

/ ˈɔl stən /

noun

Washington,1799–1843, U.S. painter, novelist, and poet.

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Examples from the Web for allston

Two other names, Malbone and Allston, deserve brief mention.
Union and Democracy|Allen Johnson
Coleridge, who was affectionately attached to Allston, followed him thither.
The Philadelphia Magazines and their Contributors 1741-1850|Albert Smyth
Allston, the distinguished painter-artist, is said to have had an intense aversion to all "eccentricity in Art."
Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I.|H. N. Hudson
We now come to a class of Allston's pictures which are known chiefly, perhaps only, in Boston.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865|Various

As we contemplate the life and works of Allston, we are inexpressibly grateful that he lived.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 1 (of 20)|Charles Sumner

British Dictionary definitions for allston

Allston

/ (ˈɔːlstən) /

noun

Washington. 1779–1843, US painter and author, regarded as the earliest US Romantic painter. His paintings include Elijah in the Desert (1818) and Moonlit Landscape (1819)

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