A Porpoise

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

A Porpoise

Date

June 18, 1832

Dimensions

10 5/8 × 14 13/16 in. (27 × 37.6 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.353

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Newfoundland on June 18, the ship entered waters teeming with marine life. One of the crew harpooned a porpoise that day which provided a subject for another of Bodmer's shipboard studies. The following day passengers and crew dined on a main course of porpoise and potatoes.

References in Journal

June 18, 1832

Labels:

study , zoological study

Approximate Depicted Location:

Grand Banks fisheries off Newfoundland