Citadel Rock on the Upper Missouri

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Citadel Rock on the Upper Missouri

Date

August 6, 1833

Dimensions

12 5/16 × 7 3/4 in. (31.3 × 19.7 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.191

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

On the afternoon of August 6 the keelboat approached one of the more prominent landmarks on the banks of the Missouri in the region of the Stone Walls. Lewis and Clark had described it early in the century, but did not name it. In Bodmer's day it was known among the traders as La Citadelle, or Citadel Rock, and later as Cathedral Rock. Today it is a state monument. Bodmer's view of this formation was reproduced as Vignette XVIII in the atlas of aquatints that accompanied the publication of Maximilian's travel account in 1839-43.

References in Journal

August 6, 1833

Labels:

study , Missouri River , geological study

Approximate Depicted Location:

Citadel Rock on the banks of the Missouri River, Montana