American painters : with one hundred and four examples of their work engraved on wood (1881)
Sheldon, George William, 1843-1914 · New York : D. Appleton and Co. · leaf 304
middle life, Mr. John W. Casilear was an engraver. 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 he was a partner in the firm of Toppan, Carpenter & Company, bank-noteengravers. One… … MOONLIGHT IN THE GLEN From a Painting by John W, Casikar. p. 154. JOHN W. CASILEAR. 155 Kensett, and Kossiter, and directed liis 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 brush.…
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