A Burro

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

A Burro

Date

Fall 1833

Dimensions

10 1/8 × 12 5/8 in. (25.7 × 32.1 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.348

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Bodmer's watercolor study of a burro, a pack animal commonly employed by fur traders on the upper Missouri during the first half of the nineteenth century, is the only representation of a beast of burden other than the dogs pictured in some of the Indian sketches to be found in this collection of Bodmer's North American studies. The subject was observed by the artist at Fort Union during the fall of 1833 on the return voyage downriver from Fort McKenzie.

Labels:

study , zoological study , Fort Union, North Dakota

Approximate Depicted Location:

Fort Union, North Dakota