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Weir (Family : Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889)

 Family

Biographical History

The Weir family included Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889), professor of drawing; his first wife Louisa Ferguson (d. 1845); his second wife Susan Martha Bayard; and their children, especially John Ferguson Weir (1841-1926), director of Fine Arts, Yale; and Julian Alden Weir (1852-1919), artist.

Citation:
Weir family papers, 1765-1929 (descendants of Robert Walter Weir)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Photographs of the Weir family, circa 1880-1919

 Series
Identifier: MSS P 78 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes fifteen photographs of various members of the Weir family.

Dates: circa 1880-1919
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS P 78, Weir family photographs

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  • Subject: Gelatin silver prints X
  • Subject: Impressionist artists -- Photographs X

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