A Group of Elk

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

A Group of Elk

Date

September 21, 1833

Dimensions

7 3/8 × 9 5/8 in. (18.7 × 24.4 cm)

Medium

Graphite and ink on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.358.a

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

The night of September 20 was spent about a mile above the mouth of the Musselshell River in an area of the Missouri channel now inundated by the upper reaches of Fort Peck Reservoir. On the following morning a party from the keelboat went ashore to do some hunting. Maximilian reported sighting several wolves and ravens on this date, and also a small herd of sixteen elk, including several calves. The inscription on this study, dated simply "1833," refers to sketches of "wapiti calves...from nature."

References in Journal

September 21, 1833

Labels:

study , zoological study

Approximate Depicted Location:

Missouri River above mouth of Musselshell River