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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 2 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
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS P 78, Weir family photographs

Photographs of Weir family and friends, circa 1860-1919

 Series
Identifier: MSS P 78 Series 4
Scope and Contents

Series includes forty-three photographs of the Weir family and friends. Included are portraits of friends and family members along with group photographs and landscapes.

Dates: circa 1860-1919
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS P 78, Weir family photographs

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  • Subject: Portraits X
  • Type: Archival Object X

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Subject
Art -- Photographs 1
Gelatin silver prints 1
Impressionist artists -- Photographs 1
Landscapes -- Photographs 1
Material Types 1
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Portraits 1
Portraits, Group 1
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