On the Ohio

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

On the Ohio

Date

October 1832

Dimensions

6 3/8 × 8 13/16 in. (16.2 × 22.4 cm)

Medium

Wash and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.53

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

During the October voyage on the Ohio between Kentucky and Indiana, Bodmer continued making random studies of the river and the shoreline. Although undated, this drawing is identified as having been made on the Ohio.

Labels:

genre, riverscape , Ohio River

Approximate Depicted Location:

Ohio River between Kentucky and Indiana.