About the Artwork
Head of a Helmeted Figure
between 1803 and 1889
Robert Walter Weir
1803-1889
American
Unknown
Etching printed in brown ink on wove paper
Sheet (trimmed within plate mark): 4 3/4 × 4 inches (12.1 × 10.2 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Anna Melissa Graves
45.12
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, in pencil, upper left: Robt. W. Weir Signed, lower right: R. W. W. fecit
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Provenance
1945-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Robert Walter Weir, Head of a Helmeted Figure, between 1803 and 1889, etching printed in brown ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Anna Melissa Graves, 45.12.
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