Hill Overlooking the Missouri River

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Hill Overlooking the Missouri River

Date

May 3, 1833

Dimensions

8 1/2 × 10 7/8 in. (21.6 × 27.6 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.148

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Below the mouth of the Platte on the morning of May 3, Bodmer made a shipboard study of the riverbank featuring a prominent hill isolated from the surrounding terrain. Maximilian identified it in his journal, saying that "its name is Iron Eye (Ishta-ma-seh in the Oto and Omaha language). A small creek with the same name descends here into the Missouri."

References in Journal

May 3, 1833

Labels:

genre, riverscape , Missouri River , Platte River

Approximate Depicted Location:

Iron Eye Hill, Mouth of Platte River, Nebraska