Lot 123: ROBERT W. WEIR Am. 1834 -1889

ROBERT W. WEIR Am. 1834 -1889 Church of the Holy Innocents, West Point Signed "Robt W. Weir" l.r.Original frame Oil on canvas 16 × 22 in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm)

16 × 22 in. (40.6 × 55.9 cm)

Oil on canvas

Literature John Ferguson Weir: The Labor of Art by Betsy Fahlman, page 59, illustrated Weir, a Professor of Drawing and Painting at the Military Academy and also a member of the mission, designed the Church of the Holy Innocents using proceeds from the painting entitled Embarkation of the Pilgrims, which had been commissioned by Congress for the Rotunda of Congress in Washington, D.C. Professor Weir named and dedicated the church to the memory of his children, the "Holy Innocents," who had died at an early age.