Banks of the Missouri

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Banks of the Missouri

Date

May 15, 1833

Dimensions

7 7/8 × 12 1/8 in. (20 × 30.8 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.160

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Maximilian mentioned in his journal entry for May 15 that the Yellow Stone lay still until around four o'clock in the afternoon while its crew endeavored to shift it off a sandbank along the western side of the river channel. Strong winds and contrary currents complicated this procedure, and at one point the Yellow Stone was rolling so badly that, according to Maximilian, Bodmer could scarcely draw. Dated this same day is Bodmer's view of the steamer Assiniboine as seen a short distance downstream of the Yellow Stone below a high rampart of hills described by Maximilian as "rising one above another ... mostly without life or variety." The Assiniboine overtook the Yellow Stone at this place and continued upstream toward Fort Pierre.

References in Journal

May 15, 1833

Labels:

riverscape , Missouri River

Approximate Depicted Location:

Banks of the Missouri