When Other Friends Are Round Thee

c. 1853

Robert W. Weir

Associated Names
Robert Walter Weir

Artist, American, 1803 - 1889

The image shows two people in a room. One person is seated on a step, facing the other person who is seated in a chair by a doorway. The man holds a stringed instrument and a dog sits beside him. The woman is looking down at a piece of paper she holds. The room has an ornate doorway with plants or vines along the sides.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rudolf Max Kauffmann; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1947; 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. 41, no. 81, repro

1986

  • American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 21-23, no. 9, repro

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. 40.

Inscriptions

lower left in brown ink: Rob. W. Weir

Wikidata ID

Q64629198

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