Frogs

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Frogs

Date

April 1833

Dimensions

6 3/8 × 8 11/16 in. (16.2 × 22.1 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.359

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

An undated watercolor study of frogs is included in the series of illustrations produced by Bodmer in the vicinity of St. Louis. Its inscription indicates that it was made on the Missouri or that the subjects were indigenous to that river. It is thus presumed to date from shortly before or just after the artist set out with Prince Maximilian on his voyage to the trading posts on the upper Missouri.

Labels:

study , zoological study

Approximate Depicted Location:

Missouri River