Studies of Classical Temple Facades and Seated Female Figure [verso]
John William Casilear
1801 to 1825
![Studies of Classical Temple Facades and Seated Female Figure [verso] by John William Casilear](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/nga/thumb/studies-of-classical-temple-facades-and-seated-nga-56961.webp)
Medium
graphite on tan wove paper
Dimensions
overall (approximate): 20.4 x 26.8 cm (8 1/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
John Davis Hatch Collection
Accession Number
1979.20.13.b
About the Artist
John William Casilear · 1811–1893
John William Casilear, born on June 25, 1811, in New York City, began his artistic career as an engraver, apprenticed under the prominent Peter Maverick in 1826. He later studied painting under Asher B. Durand in 1831, forming a close friendship that profoundly shaped his path. Durand, influenced by Thomas Cole, introduced Casilear to landscape painting by the mid-1830s, transitioning him from ban...