Shot Tower near Herculaneum

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Shot Tower near Herculaneum

Date

March 23, 1833

Dimensions

4 15/16 × 8 in. (12.5 × 20.3 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.119

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

In his journal for March 23 Maximilian briefly described the environment of Herculaneum, commenting that "immediately above the village is a limestone rock with a hole in its front edge...One can see daylight through this hole. Behind the upper shot tower (which Mr. Bodmer likewise sketched) a creek opens up from a valley surrounded by more flattened hills. There follows on the left shore a row of hills whose small valleys regularly converge on the Mississippi."

References in Journal

March 23, 1833

Labels:

structure , Mississippi River , Herculaneum, Illinois

Approximate Depicted Location:

Herculaneum, Missouri