A Stop; Evening Bivouac

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

A Stop; Evening Bivouac

Date

November 4, 1833

Dimensions

10 1/2 × 9 5/16 in. (26.7 × 23.7 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.381

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

On October 30 Maximilian's party left Fort Union and headed downriver toward Fort Clark. On November 4 his journal entry mentions that at some point along the river, the travelers tied up and prepared to spend the night. It reads, "The evening approached. The sky was gray and gloomy and appeared to presage bad weather . . .. We shipped farther till about dusk and then landed on the right in the forest above the tall, steep bank. ... At midnight the sky turned clear and the wind cold.. .. Mr. Bodmer had made a drawing of our bivouac last night."

References in Journal

November 4, 1833

Labels:

genre, riverscape , Missouri River , Fort Union, North Dakota , Fort Clark, North Dakota

Approximate Depicted Location:

Between Fort Clark and Fort Union