Mont Blanc, Valley of Chamonix, August 1857, 1857

  • John W. Casilear, American, 1811-1893

Graphite heightened with white goauche on paper

  • Sheet: 12 15/16 × 10 7/16 inches (32.9 × 26.5 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund

49.160

Inscribed, lower right: Mount Blanc Valley of Chamonix Augs [sic] '57

1949-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

John W. Casilear, Mont Blanc, Valley of Chamonix, August 1857, 1857, graphite heightened with white goauche on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, General Membership Fund, 49.160.