Gentlemen at Louisville

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Gentlemen at Louisville

Date

October 14, 1832

Dimensions

6 3/8 × 8 3/4 in. (16.2 × 22.2 cm)

Medium

Graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.50

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Continuing down river from Cincinnati on October 13, Maximilian and his traveling companions arrived at Louisville, Kentucky, on the following day. Here they found lodgings ashore for the night. Maximilian devoted several pages in his journal to a description of Louisville and its inhabitants. Of the latter he wrote, "Elegance is the principal concern of the inhabitants here . . .. They are looking for money and fine clothes, while feeling bored and leaning their mostly empty heads against the wall as if they were very heavy."

References in Journal

October 14, 1832

Labels:

study , Louisville, Kentucky

Approximate Depicted Location:

Louisville, Kentucky