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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Frog

Date

April 2, 1833

Dimensions

10 5/8 × 14 7/8 in. (27 × 37.8 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.336

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

In addition to his Indian portraits, Bodmer made only a few other studies during the stopover at St. Louis in the spring of 1833. Included among these is an illustration of a frog rendered in watercolor. Similar to studies done some months before at Bethlehem and New Harmony, it is dated April 2, eight days before the travelers departed upriver

References in Journal

April 2, 1833

Labels:

study , zoological study

Approximate Depicted Location:

St. Louis, Missouri