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Alfred Diston

66 works

Browse 66 works by Alfred Diston from the Wikimedia Commons. Every work here links to the museum that holds it, and anyone can save it at up to 2,500 pixels on the long side without paying.

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Two women in dark hooded mantles stand in a street beside a stone building and column, drawn in 1829.

Alfred Diston, Manto y Saya Canaries (1829)

1829

Hand-colored drawing of a militiaman in white uniform and cap leaning on a rifle beside a cannon and cannonballs.

Alfred Diston, Militiaman of Grand Canary (1829)

1829

Hand-coloured drawing of a man carrying a pole hung with black top hats, with mountains and a cactus behind him.

Alfred Diston, Hat Seller of Grand Canary (1829)

1829

Hand-colored illustration of three men in traditional costume with caps and headcloths, standing before arid mountains.

Alfred Diston, Natives of Fuerteventura (1829)

1829

Two women in white shawls and black skirts stand by a doorway, one in a tall black hat, the other with face hidden.

Alfred Diston. Tapadas, or Walking Dress-Canaries

1829

Hand-coloured drawing of a man in a dark hooded coat with red trim and red cap, holding a staff, before mountains and a camel

Alfred Diston. Winter Dress of A Native of Lanzarote

1829

Watercolour portrait of a middle-aged man with side whiskers and a black cravat, wearing a dark coat and light waistcoat.

Elizabeth Heaphy Murray, Alfred Diston

1854

Grey wash drawing of Fort Candelaria in Tenerife with cannons, a bell tower, mountains, sea and small figures.

Fort Candelaria, Tenerife

1820

Watercolor of a man in a cape and wide-brimmed hat carrying a basket of cabbages, with mountains behind him.

Native of Tacocronte, Tenerife

1825

Watercolor of a man in a brown jacket and wide-brimmed hat on a shore beside a wooden chest, with sea and hills behind.

Man standing on seashore - Hierro

Watercolor of a woman carrying a barrel on her head, a jug, and a child, beside a stone fountain and whitewashed wall.

Manner of carrying children

1828

Watercolor of a man in a cream robe and teal cap riding a gray donkey, carrying a staff, with mountains behind.

Grand Canary-Man on a Donkey

1828

Watercolour of a man leading two oxen pulling a sledge with a large wrapped bundle along a cobbled street.

Ox-sledge for the conveyance of merchandise

1828

Watercolor of a seated Franciscan friar in a grey habit beside a wooden cross with a floral wreath.

Franciscan Friar

1828

Watercolor of a man in a red robe holding a candle, with processional figures and a banner behind him.

Member of the Brotherhood El Gran Poder de Dios

1828

Watercolor of a Dominican friar in white habit and black cape holding a pink umbrella before a stone church.

Dominican Friar

1828

Parish Priest

1828

Watercolor of a man with an axe leading a mule loaded with firewood past a stone hut and mountain.

Firewood Seller, Tenerife

1828

Watercolor of a seated woman with a basket and a standing man with a spear on a hillside, with hazy mountains behind them.

Man and woman of Chasna-Tenerife

1828

Watercolor of a woman in a black dress and lace mantilla standing in a courtyard with tiled roofs and a bell tower.

Ladies' Church dress

1828

Watercolor of a standing nun in grey habit and black veil on a wooden veranda, with a palm plant behind her.

Nun of the Order of Santa Clara

1828

Watercolor of a woman in traditional dress holding a spindle, with a straw hat, teal skirt and mountains behind her.

Girl from Hierro

1828

Watercolor of a man in traditional costume with a hat, walking stick and basket, beside cactus and a rocky cliff.

Man of El Miradero

1828

Watercolor of a woman with a basket on her head and a man with a cane on a wooden bridge, in traditional dress.

Natives of La Palma

1825

Watercolor of a seated fisherman smoking a pipe on a rowboat beside an anchor, with a distant ship on the sea.

Canary Fisherman

1825

Watercolor of a woman in striped skirt carrying a tall charcoal basket on her head, with a thatched hut and hills behind her.

Charcoal seller, Tenerife

1825

Watercolor of a man in grey clothing and a hat seated on a board, hanging from a rope against a pale cliff face.

Gomero, Orchilla Gatherer

1828

Watercolor of a man in teal traditional costume with a staff, standing before a whitewashed building and mountains.

La Palma

Watercolor of a pale camel loaded with white bundles, led by a man in a dark hat across sandy ground.

Loaded Camel

1828

Watercolor of a snow-capped volcano over terraced hills, a white farmhouse, and two figures in a sandy foreground.

La Montaneta de Las Arenas

Watercolor of a bay with steep cliffs, sailing ships and a small town with palm trees along the shore.

Part of the Bay of the Town of San Miguel, La Palma

Watercolor of a woman in a straw hat grinding grain at a stone hand-mill in a courtyard beside a thatched cottage.

Hand-mill for grinding Gofio, Tenerife

1828