American painters: with eighty-three examples of their work engraved on wood (1879)
Sheldon, George William, 1843-1914 · New York : D. Appleton and company · leaf 302
iddle life, Mr. John W. Casilear was an ena;raver. He wasborn in New York City; in his sixteenth year he went into the atelier of thelate Peter Maverick ; he afterward studied under Mr. A. B. Durand. At onetime In was a partner in the firm of Toppan, Carpenter & Company, bank-noteengravers. One… … MOONLIGHT IN THE GL-EN. From a Painting by John W. Casilear. p. 154. JOHN W. CASILEAR. I 55 Kensett, and Rossiter, and directed his attention to painting; and, like Mr.Durand, Mr. Kensett, and many other celebrities whose careers began in theworkshop of the engraver, abandoned the burin for the…
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