A Toad

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

A Toad

Date

August 8, 1833

Dimensions

8 × 10 1/16 in. (20.3 × 25.6 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.351

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

As a zoological study, this watercolor of a female bullfrog made on August 8 at Bethlehem shows not only the artist's attention to detail but also his ability to represent his subject in a convincing, lifelike attitude. With Dreidoppel, Maximilian spent much of August 13 through 16 exploring the heights above the Lehigh Valley; during this time he obtained several specimens of snakes, frogs, turtles, and toads. In his journal for August 17 he noted that "Mr. Bodmer made some very exact drawings of toads."

References in Journal

August 8, 1833

Labels:

study , Bethlehem, Pennsylvania , zoological study

Approximate Depicted Location:

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania