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Round Tower, Castle of Munoth, Schafhausen, Switzerland

1842

John William Casilear

(American, 1811-1893)

America, 19th century

Graphite and orange and yellow crayon, with traces of black and white paint

Support: Gray wove paper

Sheet: 30.4 x 19.8 cm (11 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.)

Gift of Mrs. John C. Newington 1975.19

Location

not on view

Description

Casilear began his career as an engraver but shifted to landscape painting at the suggestion of his friend, the painter Asher B. Durand (1796–1866). He made this drawing while traveling in Europe with Durand and another New York landscape painter, John Frederick Kensett (1816–1872).

Inscriptions

Inscription

by artist, lower right, in graphite: Round Tower taken from the top of the Castle of Munoth. Schafhausen Augst 18" 1842 ; verso, by unknown hand, upper left, in blue ink: 9E[illegible][crossed out in graphite] no 3 ; different hand, upper left, in graphite: swiss / 50

Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98. "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."

American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1975.19