New Harmony on the Wabash

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

New Harmony on the Wabash

Date

October 19, 1832

Dimensions

11 1/2 × 16 3/4 in. (29.2 × 42.5 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.59.a

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

The travelers arrived at Mount Vernon, Indiana, at twilight on October 18. The next morning Maximilian hired a wagon for the transportation of luggage and set out for the village of New Harmony, located some fifteen miles north. Dreidoppel accompanied the Prince while Bodmer and a recent acquaintance from the boat started out for New Harmony on foot. During the weeks that followed, Bodmer made numerous studies in and around New Harmony, including this unfinished view of the settlement as seen from a distance. A finished version of this scene was reproduced as Tableau 2 in the published atlas.

References in Journal

October 19, 1832

Labels:

landscape , New Harmony, Indiana

Approximate Depicted Location:

New Harmony, Indiana