A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Allston, Washington

by John William Cousin

Allston, Washington (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."