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Fred's power boat SPHINX in 1912


2/2/21, 12:53 PM

The artist in 1912 running his power boat the SPHINX on the Schuylkill River within Fairmount Park.


Featured in Philadelphia Sketch Club's February 2021 Portfolio


1/31/21, 8:19 PM

February 2021 Portfolio, the monthly newsletter of the Philadelphia Sketch Club


Prescott Place, the subject of Weber's 1953 etching and 1958 painting


1/25/21, 5:54 PM

Mystery somewhat solved. The 1953 Philadelphia Sketch Club Engagement Calendar describes Prescott Place as an "old residential districts which for a time bravely withstood the ravages of time, but have now finally succumbed".


John F. Peto's studio at F. Weber Co. (before the artist's birth)


1/14/21, 7:55 PM

F. Weber Co. history - John F. Peto rented a studio at F. Weber Co. for two years in the 1870s


"To Fred" gift etchings from Edward C. Smith


1/12/21, 8:20 PM

Patty Sullivan (wife of artist's grandson Jim Sullivan) shared a Edward C. Smith (self portrait?) etching with an inscription "To Fred Weber". It is one of two known etching Fred received from his friend and fellow Philadelphia Sketch Club member.


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