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Exhibition History"William Murray and His School," Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY, March 15, 1991 - May 27, 1991; Museum of American Folk Art, New York, NY, December 6, 1990 - March 3, 1991.
BibliographyBarons, Richard I. (compliled by) "Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehanna Valley." 62, 64-65.
Shelley, Donald A. "Fraktur Writings or Illustrated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania German." Allentown PA: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1961, p. 180, fig. 301.
Artist
William Murray
(1756 - 1828)
Weller Family Record
Date1799
DimensionsSight: 15 1/16 × 12 3/8 in. (38.3 × 31.4 cm)
Object numberN0099.1975
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Howard C. Weller
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThe Weller Family Record documents the family members of Frederick Weller, a member of the 2nd Regiment of the Albany County Militia. The artist William Murray served with Weller in the American Revolution. During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Murray created a group of watercolor and ink records documenting vital statistics of residents of a small area of New York encompassing Montgomery and nearby counties.Exhibition History"William Murray and His School," Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY, March 15, 1991 - May 27, 1991; Museum of American Folk Art, New York, NY, December 6, 1990 - March 3, 1991.
BibliographyBarons, Richard I. (compliled by) "Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehanna Valley." 62, 64-65.
Shelley, Donald A. "Fraktur Writings or Illustrated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania German." Allentown PA: Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, 1961, p. 180, fig. 301.
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