Round Tower, Castle of Munoth, Schafhausen, Switzerland (1842): Art, History and Details

Round Tower, Castle of Munoth, Schafhausen, Switzerland (1842) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is John William Casilear (American, 1811–1893).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

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).

Object facts

• Title: Round Tower, Castle of Munoth, Schafhausen, Switzerland
• Date: 1842
• Creator attribution: John William Casilear (American, 1811–1893)
• Culture: America
• Type: Drawing
• Technique: graphite and orange and yellow crayon, with traces of black and white paint
• Dimensions: Sheet: 30.4 x 19.8 cm (11 15/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
• Collection: DR - American 19th Century
• Department: Drawings
• Accession number: 1975.19

Collection credit

Gift of Mrs. John C. Newington

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