Choctaws at Natchez

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Choctaws at Natchez

Date

February 1, 1833

Dimensions

8 11/16 × 6 3/8 in. (22.1 × 16.2 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.333

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Bodmer's Indian studies at Natchez describe individuals living under conditions similar to those earlier observed among the Choctaws in New Orleans. Bodmer later reported to Maximilian that one Indian at Natchez tried to sell him a wild turkey for a dollar. Another, he said, tried to persuade him to take two "partly bad" beaver hides. Although a slight contradiction exists between the inscription at lower left of this watercolor and others on the reverse, possibly added later, it seems to have been made around February 1.

References in Journal

February 15, 1833

Labels:

study , Choctaw , genre, portrait

Approximate Depicted Location:

One mile upstream from Natchez, Mississippi