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Weir, Robert Walter,
Architecture exterior -- Religious
Architecture exterior -- Religious
Landscape -- New York
Landscape -- Mountain
Landscape -- New York
Painting
Church of the Holy Innocents, Highland Falls, NY, (painting).
Artist:
Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889, painter.
Title:
Church of the Holy Innocents, Highland Falls, NY, (painting).
Dates:
After 1846.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm)
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Sunlit view of the Church looking toward transept entrance. Storm King is in left background. Figures are walking to and from the church.
Subject:
Architecture exterior -- Religious -- Church
Architecture exterior -- Religious -- Church of the Holy Innocents
Landscape -- New York -- Highland Falls
Landscape -- Mountain -- Storm King Mountain
Landscape -- New York
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
United States Department of the Army, United States Military Academy, West Point Museum, West Point, New York 10996 Accession Number: 16,662
Remarks:
Robert W. Weir designed and built this church from stone quarried on the site of the structure. It was consecrated on July 1, 1847 and was intended as a memorial to two children who died in childhood.
References:
West Point Museum, 1996.
"Robert Weir: Artist and Teacher of West Point," West Point: Cadet Fine Arts Forum of the United States Corps of Cadets, 1976.
Illustration:
Image on file.
"Robert Weir: Artist and Teacher of West Point," West Point: Cadet Fine Arts Forum of the United States Corps of Cadets, 1976, pg. 75.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 83790031
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