Bellevue Agency, Post of Major Dougherty

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Bellevue Agency, Post of Major Dougherty

Date

May 3, 1833

Dimensions

6 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (16.5 × 24 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.371

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Arriving at the Bellevue Agency on the afternoon of May 3, Maximilian described it as "quite prettily situated on a hilltop, the churchyard entirely on the summit...Below on the water lie a few huts, on the summit the agency building, the dwelling of a blacksmith and his family, and still more buildings." Bodmer's finished watercolor of the settlement reproduced here served as the model for the aquatint listed as Vignette XXXI in the atlas later published in Europe. Today only scattered foundation stones within Bellevue's Fontenelle Forest mark the location of Dougherty's post.

References in Journal

May 3, 1833

Labels:

structure , Missouri River , Bellevue, Nebraska , landscape

Approximate Depicted Location:

Bellevue Agency, Bellevue, Nebraska