Bison Grazing on the Upper Missouri

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Bison Grazing on the Upper Missouri

Date

September 19, 1833

Dimensions

6 5/8 × 12 in. (16.8 × 30.5 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.393

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

The upper Missouri area was a naturalist's paradise to the enthusiastic Maximilian as he described it in his journal in the fall of 1833. Several of Bodmer's studies in this region furnished the basis for aquatint plates included in the picture atlas published in Europe. This scene, depicting a herd of buffalo grazing on the rich Missouri bottoms, is dated September 19, but may be a later version based upon a field sketch of this date.

References in Journal

September 19, 1833

Labels:

Missouri River , landscape

Approximate Depicted Location:

Upper Missouri River