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View from Lake House: School, Barn and Church (from Sketchbook)

John William Casilear

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch of buildings and trees. The buildings include a large structure with a tower, a smaller building to the right with a pitched roof, and what appears to be a barn or similar structure. A fence runs along the bottom of the image. In the background, there are hills or mountains. The sketch is drawn in pencil on white paper.

Artwork Details

Date
1834, 1838
Medium
Graphite on wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
599 × 484 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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