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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 3 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs of Julian Alden Weir, circa 1840-1919

 Series
Identifier: MSS P 78 Series 1
Scope and Contents

Includes forty-nine photographs of Julian Alden Weir most of which are portraits. Also included are portraits of Robert Walter Weir.

Dates: circa 1840-1919

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

Weir family photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 78
Scope and Contents Collection contains 142 photographs of the Weir family and friends from approximately 1840 to 1940, including French, German, English, and American impressionist painters. Includes photographs taken by Samuel Morse, Jessie Tarbox Beals, George C. Cox, and Pirie MacDonald. Photographs include portraits, landscapes, and group photographs of leisure activities. A majority of the photographs are centered around Julian Alden Weir. Also includes three photograph albums of European art and...
Dates: approximately 1840-1940

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  • Subject: Impressionist artists -- Photographs X

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Archival Object 2
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Subject
Portraits 2
Gelatin silver prints 1