Castle on a River
early 19th century
Artist, American, 1803 - 1889
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund)
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Dimensions
sheet: 22.7 × 35.88 cm (8 15/16 × 14 1/8 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.1033
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