In custom-made ebonized frame with corner blocks, approx. 22.5" x 45.5"--inscribed upper left, gouache on paper, en grisaille and laid down on blue paper, matted and framed. French or Italian and with date of 1854 and artist's signature, not quite legible.
24" x 34" oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left. "Fishing on the Wissahickon" (PA) Unframed.
Landscape painter Carl Philip Weber was born in Darmstadt, Germany. His parents were the musician Carl Weber and his wife, Eleanore Weber. Carl Weber is believed to be the older brother of the Romantic landscape painter Paul Weber who worked in Philadelphia from 1849-1860.
The strict, refined style which characterizes Carl Weber's landscapes can be attributed to his ...click for details
