Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00011519Round Tower, Castle of Munoth, Schafhausen, Switzerland
Also known as: Round Tower at Schafhausen
About the Artwork
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
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
American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- John William Casilear (American, 1811–1893)
- Date
- 1842
- Medium
- 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.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawing
- Department
- Drawings
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. John C. Newington
- Accession no.
- 1975.19
More by John William Casilear in museum collections
Open-access museum record · AT-00011519
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