View of the Island above Herculaneum

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

View of the Island above Herculaneum

Date

March 23, 1833

Dimensions

4 13/16 × 8 in. (12.2 × 20.3 cm)

Medium

Graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.120

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

The steamer continued upriver past Herculaneum on the afternoon of March 23. Maximilian noted in his journal that above Herculaneum Bodmer made a quick sketch of an island in the river. That afternoon, beyond the mouth of Pear Creek, the passengers glimpsed Jefferson Barracks, where the celebrated leader of the recent Black Hawk War was being held prisoner by the U.S. government. In the evening the steamer tied up near the old settlement of Cahokia on the Illinois side of the river opposite St. Louis.

References in Journal

March 23, 1833

Labels:

genre, riverscape , Mississippi River , Herculaneum, Illinois , Pear Creek

Approximate Depicted Location:

Herculaneum, Missouri