Missouri Below the Mouth of the Platte

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Missouri Below the Mouth of the Platte

Date

May 3, 1833

Dimensions

7 3/4 × 10 13/16 in. (19.7 × 27.5 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.149

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Another of Bodmer's views of the Missouri, dated May 3, describes an aspect of the river four or five miles below the mouth of the Platte. In his daily account Maximilian noted that at this point one could already distinguish the effluent of the Platte "since it is clear and blue; it runs separately along the bank lying to the left of us."

References in Journal

May 3, 1833

Labels:

genre, riverscape , Missouri River

Approximate Depicted Location:

The Missouri below the Mouth of the Platte