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Sylvain Van der Weyer

Also known as: Sylvain Van der Weyer; primary name: Van der Weyer, Sylvain; other name: Weyer, Jean-Sylvain Van der
Details: individual; politician/statesman; Belgian; Male
Life dates: 1802-1874
Address: Marylebone, London and New Lodge, Winkfield, Berkshire
Biography: Liberal politician and bibliophile; member of the first government of Belgium in 1830; 8th Prime Minister of Belgium 1845-1846; Belgian minister at the court of St James, 1851-67. Married Elizabeth Anne Sturgis Bates (q.v.), daughter of Joshua Bates of Barings Bank; the family home was New Lodge near Windsor; became a British citizen. Tutored in English in Louvain by Thomas Stoney (q.v.), who presumably presented his drawings of Waterloo and other sites in Europe to van der Weyer, which were bound in an album with van der Weyer's bookplate (album now in BM).

55 related objects

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.15 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.39 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.23 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.25 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.52 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.44 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.42 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.43 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.11 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.14 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.6 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.10 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.33 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.47 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.31 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.22 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.49 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.35 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.50 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.28 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.51 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.9 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.38 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.19 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.2 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.53 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.16 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.26 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.8 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.34 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.12 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1814

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.54 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.1 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.3 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.20 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
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drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.48 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.40 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.17 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.32 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.45 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.36 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.21 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.27 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.24 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.46 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.41 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.18 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.29 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.30 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.4 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.37 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.7 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.13 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

drawing; album

Museum number: 2016,7006.1.5 |
Producer name: BIOG242116 Drawn by:Thomas Stoney |
Production date: 1815

print

Title: Silvain van de Weyer |
Museum number: 1900,1231.1150 |
Producer name: Print made by:James ThompsonAfter:Gustave Wappers |
Production date: 1845-1850