The Missouri in the Morning

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

The Missouri in the Morning

Date

April 23, 1833

Dimensions

8 1/2 × 10 3/4 in. (21.6 × 27.3 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.136

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

The morning of April 23 dawned bright and fair, and Bodmer made this sketch of the Missouri River above Fort Leavenworth. Early in the afternoon the steamer reached the mouth of the Independence River. Maximilian wrote in his journal that "the forest was very green here.... To the left from lovely forested banks the Independence River opened up in a highly picturesque fashion into the Missouri."

Labels:

genre, riverscape , Missouri River

Approximate Depicted Location:

Mouth of Independence Creek, Kansas