Vincennes, Indiana

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Vincennes, Indiana

Date

June 11, 1834

Dimensions

10 × 12 13/16 in. (25.4 × 32.5 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.227

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Maximilian left Fort Clark on the afternoon of April 18, 1834, and headed downriver with his companions to St. Louis below the mouth of the Missouri. On June 3 Maximilian's party left St. Louis and retraced the route of their earlier travels eastward as far as Mount Vernon on the Ohio, again visiting New Harmony and traveling north approximately fifty miles to Vincennes, Indiana. Maximilian continued to pursue his studies in botany and zoology as tirelessly as ever, and his narrative for this period is filled with minute descriptions of the flora and fauna of the area. In his journal entry for June 11, he mentions that Bodmer sketched a view of Warrior's Hill and the site of Vincennes. A watercolor version of this scene is reproduced here.

References in Journal

June 11, 1834

Labels:

landscape , Vincennes, Indiana

Approximate Depicted Location:

Vincennes, Indiana