Gunboat near Helvoet, Holland

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Gunboat near Helvoet, Holland

Date

May 17, 1832

Dimensions

6 3/8 × 8 5/8 in. (16.2 × 21.9 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.3

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

On the morning of May 17, Maximilian and Bodmer took a stroll along the pier near Helvoet, where Bodmer made a sketch of one of the gunboats lying in the ship channel. In the afternoon the brig Janus arrived. Maximilian, Bodmer, and Dreidoppel boarded her that evening around nine o'clock, and she weighed anchor at three in the morning of May 18.

References in Journal

May 15, 1832

Labels:

harbor , Helvoet, The Netherlands , vessels, seagoing ship , Atlantic

Approximate Depicted Location:

Helvoet, The Netherlands