General Winfield Scott
Gift of the heirs of William B. Isham, 1910
Catalogue
- Year
- 1852
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 33 3/4 x 26 7/8 in. (85.7 x 68.3 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Robert Walter Weir
Artist
Painting
Robert Walter Weir was an American artist and educator and is considered a painter of the Hudson River School. Weir was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1829 and was an instructor at the United States Military Academy. His best-known work is Embarkation of the Pilgrims in the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. More than 450 of his works are known, and he created many unsigned paintings that may never be attributed to him.
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The Entrance to a Wood
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1803 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
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1803 · Pen and iron-gall ink on off-white wove paper
Study for "The Agony in the Garden"
1803 · Graphite on off-white wove paper
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane
1803 · Black and gray ink washes, pen and brown ink, watercolor, and graphite on off-white wove paper
Record
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- Robert Walter Weir
- Year
- 1852
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 33 3/4 x 26 7/8 in. (85.7 x 68.3 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1852-331360
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified