Currently not on view
White Mountain Notch,
1851
John William Casilear, American, 1811–1893
formerly attributed to John Frederick Kensett, 1816–1872; Cheshire, CT; died New York, NY
formerly attributed to John Frederick Kensett, 1816–1872; Cheshire, CT; died New York, NY
x1949-8
Information
Title
White Mountain Notch
Dates
1851
Maker
Medium
Graphite heightened with white
Dimensions
27 x 37.8 cm. (10 5/8 x 14 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
Object Number
x1949-8
Place Depicted
United States, New Hampshire, White Mountains
Inscription
in graphite, lower right: White Mountain Notch | August 5th, 1851 [in artist's hand]
Culture
Type
Materials
Techniques
Subject
formerly attributed to John Frederick Kensett, 1816–1872; Cheshire, CT; died New York, NY
- Barbara T. Ross, American Drawings in the Art Museum, Princeton University: 130 Selected Examples (Princeton: Art Museum, Princeton University, 1976)., p. 132
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1984," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 44, no. 1 (1985): p. 24-52., p. 49
- Donald D. Keyes, "John W. Casilear: a series of drawings of the New Hampshire White Mountains," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 44, no. 1 (1985): p. 14–23., p. 14, fig. 1
- John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 335, checklist no. 763 (illus.)
