Shot Tower below Herculaneum

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Shot Tower below Herculaneum

Date

March 23, 1833

Dimensions

4 7/8 × 8 in. (12.4 × 20.3 cm)

Medium

Graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.117

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Bodmer made a sketch of Shot Tower Rock below the settlement of Herculaneum at about noon on March 23. Maximilian observed, "Here in a leveled-off inlet the small village Herculaneum lies, with small grey wooden houses, of which some have been painted white.... By the miserable huts one can see some elegant ladies moving on the beach, their veils fluttering most romantically in the wind! On the limestone hills to the left stands a shot tower on the edge of the rock (see Mr. Bodmer's sketch)."

Labels:

genre, riverscape , Mississippi River

Approximate Depicted Location:

Herculaneum, Missouri