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)
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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