Bridge Over the Tobyhanna

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Bridge Over the Tobyhanna

Date

August 27, 1832

Dimensions

12 × 14 5/8 in. (30.5 × 37.1 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.37

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

On the afternoon of August 27 Maximilian and Bodmer explored the banks of Tobyhanna Creek, and Bodmer made a sketch of the bridge crossing it. Maximilian commented in his journal that Bodmer waded several times across the stream until he found "a favorable spot for the view. The rest of us were looking for birds and plants." Another view of this bridge was reproduced as Vignette IV in the atlas of plates that accompanied the publication of Maximilian's journal nearly ten years later.

References in Journal

August 27, 1832

Labels:

structure , genre, riverscape

Approximate Depicted Location:

Tobyhanna Creek, Pennsylvania