Merry Wives of Windsor (1830)

Name:              Merry Wives of Windsor
Artist:            Robert W Weir
a/k/a:             Dr. Caius and Simple
Dr.Caius, Simple and Dame Quickly
Year:              1830 
Format:            Oil on canvas
Size:              21x17.25
Signed?            R. W. Weir/1830, lower left
Location:          Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC (1976)
Website ID:        MERR1
Estate #:          
Provenance:        Mr. and Mrs. George J. Arden. Smithsonian American Art Museum (and the Renwick Gallery) - Washington DC  (United States - Washington, DC) 
Condition:         
Auction Price:     $6,600
Auction Estimate:  $12,500
Auction Year:      1991
Exhibited?         
NAD?               1830
Tuckerman?         
Irene Weir Book?   
William Gerts?     
Ahrens Plate/Page? 5-3 107
References:        New York Mirror May 15, 1830 p359.
Notes:             Listed by RWW as 'Dr. Caius and Simple' (Irene Weir p101)
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Score:             5/10
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