Ghostly Sandstone Formation on the Upper Missouri

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Ghostly Sandstone Formation on the Upper Missouri

Date

August 5, 1833

Dimensions

12 1/2 × 7 7/8 in. (31.8 × 20 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.199

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Several views made by Bodmer on August 5 and 6 were later incorporated into one or more composite scenes in the atlas of aquatints. In his later narrative, Maximilian mentioned, "In this tract of twelve or fifteen miles, the valley of the Missouri has naked, moderately high mountains ... on which the thick strata of whitish, coarse-grained sandstone, which extends all over this country, are everywhere visible."

References in Journal

August 6, 1833

Labels:

study , Missouri River , study, geological

Approximate Depicted Location:

Upper Missouri River