Cape Cod, First View of America

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Cape Cod, First View of America

Date

July 3, 1832

Dimensions

6 3/8 × 8 11/16 in. (16.2 × 22.1 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.14

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Cape Cod, Massachusetts, was sighted at a distance of about fifteen miles on the morning of July 3. Bodmer's delicate representation of the land, seen as a line upon the distant horizon, records the artist's first impression of the North American continent.

References in Journal

July 3, 1832

Labels:

coastline , Atlantic , Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Approximate Depicted Location:

Cape Cod, Massachusetts