Beaver Lodge on the Missouri

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Beaver Lodge on the Missouri

Date

July 17, 1833

Dimensions

7 15/16 × 10 11/16 in. (20.2 × 27.1 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.175

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

The Flora encountered low water, swift currents, rain, and clouds of mosquitoes during the first ten days out from Fort Union. On July 17, near the place where another keelboat had been wrecked in a storm the previous summer, passengers observed a large beaver lodge. Bodmer made a study on this date which formed the basis for the later aquatint designated as Vignette XVII in the atlas published in Europe.

References in Journal

July 17, 1833

Labels:

Missouri River

Approximate Depicted Location:

Missouri River