Head of a Vulture

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Head of a Vulture

Date

Summer or Fall, 1833

Dimensions

8 7/8 × 11 in. (22.5 × 27.9 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.339.a

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Bodmer's sketch of the head of a vulture is neither dated nor mentioned in Maximilian's journal. References to vultures are found throughout the Prince's travel account, particularly in the section devoted to the stay at New Harmony, Indiana, during the winter of 1832-33. The present study carries an inscription indicating that it was done on the Missouri. It could have been executed at any time during one of Bodmer's stopovers on the river during the summer or fall of 1833.

Labels:

study , zoological study

Approximate Depicted Location:

Missouri River