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 Size: Signed? Robt. W. Weir/1852, lower left Location: Detroit Institute of Arts (2019) Website ID: ALDC1 Estate #: 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) Condition: Auction Price: Auction Estimate: Auction Year: Exhibited? NAD? Tuckerman? Irene Weir Book? William Gerts? p21 Ahrens Plate/Page? 3-28 51,54,64 References: Notes: Wife of Bradford Alden, Commandant of West Point, and her children. DIA says oil on canvas; elsewhere said oil on board. URL: Score: 3/10 Images: