Unusual Elevations on the Banks of the Missouri

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Unusual Elevations on the Banks of the Missouri

Date

August 6, 1833

Dimensions

7 7/8 × 12 1/2 in. (20 × 31.8 cm)

Medium

Graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.192

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Passing through the region of the Stone Walls above the Arrow River under full sail on August 6, the Flora made rapid headway, and Bodmer continued making quick studies of the fantastic land forms. Maximilian noted in his journal for the day that along this stretch of the river "the most strange forms are seen, and you may imagine that you see colonnades ... little towers, pulpits, organs with their pipes, old ruins, fortresses, castles, churches with pointed towers . .. almost every mountain bearing on its summit some similar structure."

References in Journal

August 6, 1833

Labels:

study , Missouri River , study, geological

Approximate Depicted Location:

Stone Walls, Arrow River, Montana