Fish Otter

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Fish Otter

Date

December 31, 1832

Dimensions

8 1/4 × 13 9/16 in. (21 × 34.4 cm)

Medium

Graphite and ink on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.356

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Returning home on December 31, 1832, from a visit with Say, Maximilian found that "a fine and large otter" had been delivered to his door by one of the local hunters. He subsequently bought it to add to his North American collection. He does not mention Bodmer's sketching this particular specimen, but an inscription identifying the subject of this drawing as indigenous to the Wabash suggests that it was made during the artist's stay at New Harmony.

References in Journal

December 31, 1832

Labels:

study , New Harmony, Indiana , zoological study

Approximate Depicted Location:

New Harmony, Indiana