A Mouse

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

A Mouse

Date

April 1838

Dimensions

8 7/16 × 10 5/8 in. (21.4 × 27 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.366

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Maximilian, Bodmer, and Dreidoppel left Buffalo, New York, for Albany and descended the Hudson River to New York City, where they prepared to embark for Europe. On July 16, 1834, they set sail from New York harbor and arrived on August 8 at the French port of Le Havre. None of them ever again visited North America. According to its dated inscription, this small study of a mouse, apparently a European species, was made following the artist's return home from his adventures abroad.

Labels:

study , zoological study

Approximate Depicted Location:

Neuwied, Germany