Castle on a River

early 19th century

Robert Walter Weir

Artist, American, 1803 - 1889

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1965; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • Robert Weir: Artist and Teacher of West Point, Cadet Fine Arts Forum, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, 1976, p. 37, no. 58, repro

1983

  • American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983

  • Three American Families: A Tradition of Artistic Pursuit, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1983-1984

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 6, no. 41.

Inscriptions

lower left of mount in graphite by unknown hand: For Mrs. Tucerman / with Mr. Weirs [sic] compliments

Wikidata ID

Q64629197


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