All Robert Walter Weir 's Paintings
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Choice ID Image  Paintings (From A to Z)       Details 
39070 Embarkation of the Pilgrims  Embarkation of the Pilgrims   mk140 1857 Oil on canvas
71515 Embarkation of the Pilgrims  Embarkation of the Pilgrims   ca. 1857(1857) Oil on canvas 122.2 x 183.5 cm (48.11 x 72.24 in)
72703 Embarkation of the Pilgrims  Embarkation of the Pilgrims   Date ca. 1857(1857) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 122.2 X 183.5 cm (48.11 X 72.24 in) cyf

Robert Walter Weir
Jun 18.1803-May 1.1889, Painter and teacher. By his own account he was self-taught, with the exception of a few lessons from an unknown heraldic painter named Robert Cooke. However, after exhibiting a few works that were praised by the local press, he was sent to Italy by a group of New York and Philadelphia businessmen for further studies. There he trained with Florentine history painter Pietro Benvenuti. After three years in Europe (1824-7), he returned to New York, where he quickly became a mainstay of the artistic community. In 1831 he was elected to membership in the National Academy of Design in New York, and three years later he was made instructor of drawing at the US Military Academy in West Point, New York, a post he held for the next 42 years.

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