Lake George, after 1851

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 64

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 64.77 × 114.94 cm (25 1/2 × 45 1/4 in.)

framed: 98.11 × 148.91 cm (38 5/8 × 58 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Josephine E. Harrison)

Accession Number

2014.136.120

Artists / Makers

John William Casilear (painter) American, 1811 - 1893

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: Casilear estate stamp

Provenance

The artist's niece, Josephine E. Harrison [d. 1913], Peconic, New York; gift 12 April 1897 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Harrison, Josephine E.

Exhibition History

1940: A Souvenir of Romanticism in America; or, An Elegant Exposition of Taste and Fashion from 1812-1865, Baltimore Museum of Art, 10 May - 10 June 1940.

1955: The Hudson River School, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, October 1955.

1966: Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 April - 30 September 1966, unpublished checklist.

1970: Loan for use by the U.S. Department of State, Washington, 1970.

1978: Loan for use by Geico, 1978.

Bibliography

2011: Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 292, repro.