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Round Tower, Castle of Munoth, Schafhausen, Switzerland

1842
(American, 1811–1893)
America, 19th century
graphite and orange and yellow crayon, with traces of black and white paint
Support: Gray wove paper
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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
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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).
Round Tower, Castle of Munoth, Schafhausen, Switzerland

Round Tower, Castle of Munoth, Schafhausen, Switzerland

1842

John William Casilear

(American, 1811–1893)
America, 19th century

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