Gnadenhutten

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Gnadenhutten

Date

September 10, 1832

Dimensions

8 1/2 × 11 15/16 in. (21.6 × 30.3 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.39

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

On September 10, Maximilian began the supervision of the packing of five large cases of natural history specimens at Bethlehem for shipment abroad. The next day Bodmer arrived from Mauch Chunk with additional studies of that area, including a watercolor describing the location in the Mahoning Valley of the former Moravian settlement of Gnadenhutten. Maximilian had earlier visited this site, referring to it in his journal on August 31 as having been settled by a group of religious brethren from Herrenhut in the middle of the eighteenth century.

References in Journal

August 31, 1832

Labels:

landscape , Gnadenhutten, Pennsylvania

Approximate Depicted Location:

Gnadenhutten, Pennsylvania