View of Bethlehem on the Lehigh

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

View of Bethlehem on the Lehigh

Date

July 25, 1832

Dimensions

11 15/16 × 17 1/4 in. (30.3 × 43.8 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.27

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Before sunup on July 25, Maximilian and Bodmer set out for Bethlehem, at that time a settlement of about a thousand persons located on the stage line between Philadelphia and Harrisburg. On the evening of his arrival, Maximilian met a German physician, Lewis Saynisch, who accompanied him on several outings in the area. At Bethlehem, Bodmer occupied himself with sketching various points of local interest. This view of the town as seen from a distant prospect was reproduced as Vignette III in the atlas of aquatints that accompanied the publication of Maximilian's travel account in 1839-43.

References in Journal

July 25, 1832

Labels:

structure , Lehigh River , Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Approximate Depicted Location:

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania