Wilhelm Weger b. 5 June 1839

  • Artist (Painter)
Sketcher and blacksmith of German origin. Wilhelm drew a naive watercolour of Ernst Weger's Stanley Street business, North Adelaide in 1855.
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Name
Wilhelm Weger
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Blacksmith (ANZSIC code: 2210)
Birth date
5 June 1839
Birth place
Plauen, Saxony, Germany
Death date
18 October 1917
Active Period
  • c.1855
Arrival
  • 9 October 1852 (Arrived Port Adelaide on vessel 'Little Alfred'.)
Residence
  • 1852 - 1917 Adelaide, SA
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Related collections
  • Tanunda Museum, Tanunda, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
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  • Tanunda Museum, Tanunda, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • untitled (collected in)