Mississippi Steamboat Homer

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Mississippi Steamboat Homer

Date

January 1833

Dimensions

14 1/2 × 21 15/16 in. (36.8 × 55.7 cm)

Medium

Graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.105

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Just after midnight on January 3, 1833, the Misssissippi steamer Homer arrived at Mount Vernon. Bodmer embarked upon it the following morning for New Orleans. During the next several weeks, he produced numerous studies of the scenery and settlements along the lower Ohio and Mississippi. Bodmer's undated sketch of the Homer may have been made at any one of the stops along the course of his travels downriver.

References in Journal

January 3, 1833

Labels:

study , vessels, steamboat

Approximate Depicted Location:

Mount Vernon, Indiana