Lot 74: Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889) American Hudson

Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889) American Hudson River School
Watercolour
' Anchor Sheet ' ( Nautical : A source of aid in time of emergency or danger) a sail ship going to the aid of another before an oncoming storm.
Signed ' Robt W. Weir ' lower right
3 3/4 x 6 1/4"
Born in 1803 in New Rochelle New York he became Professor of Drawing at West point where he instructed many future commanders of the American Civil War and most notably the artists James Abbott McNeil Whistler and Seth Eastman.
The Metropolitan Museum, New York holds some of his paintings.