Castle of Spiez, Lake Thun

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Castle of Spiez, Lake Thun

United States, October 19, 1841
Drawings
Graphite and white gouache on gray-green paper
Sheet: 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (26.67 x 36.83 cm)
Anonymous gift in Memory of Margaret Badenoch Conkling (Mrs. Roscoe P. Conkling) (M.73.137.2)
Prints and Drawings
Not currently on public view

Label

From the exhibition Thomas Cole in Italy and Switzerland, 1841-1842 August 16, 2002-January 29, 2003 ...
From the exhibition Thomas Cole in Italy and Switzerland, 1841-1842 August 16, 2002-January 29, 2003 The medieval castle of Spiez, situated on Lake Thun, was and remains a popular destination for travelers to the Bernese Alps. Cole made notes on this drawing, dated October 19, to help him remember the scene when he returned to the studio: “The foliage extremely rich and full of sunlight / mostly Elms-Oaks-Chestnuts.”
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