John William Casilear papers
name: label: Creator
content: Casilear, John William, 1811-1893
label: Names
content: Burr, Grace Casilear
label: Names
content: Casilear, John W., 1868-1937
label: Names
content: Kensett, John Frederick, 1816-1872
label: Names
content: Rice, Foster Wild
label: Names
content: Woolson, Elinor
topic: label: Occupation
content: Engravers
label: Occupation
content: Landscape painters
label: Occupation
content: Painters
label: Topic
content: Bank notes -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Lawrence Fleischman, who received them from Foster Wild Rice, 1962. Rice, the great-grandson of bank note engraver Nathaniel Jocelyn, wrote a brief history of the Jocelyn family of engravers, The Jocelyn Engravers (1948), with whom Casilear was associated in the bank note engraving business. He acquired the papers from Grace Casilear Burr (d. 1906), and Miss Elinor Woolson, Casilear descendents.
creator: label: Creator
content: Casilear, John William, 1811-1893
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Engraver, painter. The Casilear family were engravers of bank notes. In 1840, Casilear along with friends John Frederick Kensett, Asher B. Durand and others, went to Europe to study art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 80 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1832-1962
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.casijohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D177 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Some reproductions of paintings, and the listings of work contributed to the National Academy of Design are photocopies.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Kensett diary selections are typed excerpts.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Original Kensett diary in: Whitney Museum of Art.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, including two letters to engraver and landscape painter John Frederick Kensett, 1832-1833, four to his son, John W. Casilear, Jr. 1891-1892; typed excerpts from a diary kept by Kensett, 1840-1841; genealogical and biographical material including family documents, articles and publication extracts about Casilear, compiled and/or annotated by Grace Casilear Burr, John W. Casilear, Jr., and historian Foster Wild Rice; five original Casilear engravings; reproductions of art works; lists of art work; and family photographs, including a daguerreotype of Casilear, and two unidentified ambrotypes.