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William J. Weaver
Portrait of a Man Associated with the Ailleboust and Ramesay Seigneuries
Artist
William J. Weaver
England, about 1759 – Savannah, Georgia, 1817
Title
Portrait of a Man Associated with the Ailleboust and Ramesay Seigneuries
Date
About 1815
Materials
Oil on wood
Dimensions
40.8 x 31 cm
Credits
Gift of Simon-Pierre Tardif, inv. 2009.33
Collection
Quebec and Canadian Art
Weaver produced mainly small-format “cabinet” paintings and miniatures. Born in England, he immigrated to New York. He then lived in Halifax and is considered one of Nova Scotia’s first professional painters. The discovery of this Portrait of a Man Associated with the Ailleboust and Ramesay Seigneuries indicates that he also passed through Lower Canada, which suggests how extensive artists’ circulation in North America was in the early 19th century.
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