Cape Bold Head, England

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Cape Bold Head, England

Date

May 22, 1832

Dimensions

6 3/8 × 8 11/16 in. (16.2 × 22.1 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.6

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

The Janus passed Cape Hart or Hart Point, England, around eleven o'clock on the morning of May 22. Between four and five in the afternoon, Bodmer made a sketch of the English coastline off Dodbrook near a large promontory known as Bold Head.

References in Journal

May 22, 1832

Labels:

vessels, seagoing ship , coastline , Cape Bold Head, England , England

Approximate Depicted Location:

Cape Bold Head, England