William J. Weaver
England, about 1759 – Savannah, Georgia, 1817
Portrait of a Man Associated with the Ailleboust and Ramesay Seigneuries
About 1815
Oil on wood
40.8 x 31 cm
Gift of Simon-Pierre Tardif, inv. 2009.33
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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