Mouth of the Ohio

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Mouth of the Ohio

Date

January 1833

Dimensions

6 7/16 × 8 3/4 in. (16.4 × 22.2 cm)

Medium

Graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.88

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Bodmer made several drawings at the confluence of the Ohio with the Mississippi on one or another of his voyages downriver from New Harmony. This sketch may have been done when he first descended the Ohio en route to New Orleans in January, 1833, or when he followed the same route with Maximilian two months later.

Labels:

genre, riverscape , Ohio River

Approximate Depicted Location:

Confluence of Ohio and Mississippi Rivers