Mrs. Alden and Children (1852)
Name: Mrs. Alden and Children
Artist: Robert W Weir
a/k/a: Mrs. Bradford Ripley Alden and her Children
Alden Family
Year: 1852
Format: Oil on panel
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Signed? Robt. W. Weir/1852, lower left
Location: Detroit Institute of Arts (2019)
Website ID: ALDC1
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Provenance: Bradford Ripley Alden (West Point, New York, USA);
his wife, Anne Carolina Colemna Alden;
her daughter, Sarah Coleman Alden Derby;
her brother Robert Percy Alden;
his cousin, Mrs. Margaret "Minnie" Coleman Freeman;
Sarah Coleman Alden Derby's son, Roger Derby;
his granddaughter, Lisa Derby Middione;
by descent in the family;
2009-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Exhibited?
NAD?
Tuckerman?
Irene Weir Book?
William Gerts? p21
Ahrens Plate/Page? 3-28 51,54,64
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Notes: Wife of Bradford Alden, Commandant of West Point, and her children. DIA says oil on canvas; elsewhere said oil on board.
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Score: 3/10
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