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Study for The Last Communion of Henry Clay, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Weir, Robert Walter 1803-1889  Search this
Subject:
Clay, Henry  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Johnson Collection, The 100 Dunbar Street, Suite 203 Spartanburg South Carolina 29306 Accession Number: 2006.05.07
Date:
Ca. 1852
Notes:
"Robert Weir: Artist and Teacher of West Point," West Point: Cadet Fine Arts Forum of the United States Corps of Cadets, 1976.
The Johnson Collection, 2013.
"Robert Weir: Artist and Teacher of West Point," West Point: Cadet Fine Arts Forum of the United States Corps of Cadets, 1976, pg. 61.
unsigned
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.
Summary:
Religious scene depicting Henry Clay, a religious official performing communion, and a male figure kneeling.
Topic:
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Figure group--Male  Search this
Ceremony--Religion--Communion  Search this
Architecture interior--Domestic--House  Search this
Architecture interior--Domestic--Bedroom  Search this
Recreation--Church--Prayer  Search this
Study  Search this
Control number:
IAP 83790015
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_211549