Head of a Female Bighorn Sheep

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Head of a Female Bighorn Sheep

Date

August 6, 1833

Dimensions

10 11/16 × 13 1/2 in. (27.1 × 34.3 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.346.a

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Maximilian reported on August 6 that "rock walls are now running down again from the rocks, as if they had been built artificially. We saw bighorns in the prairie on the river. This region appears to be the right place for hunting these animals." He further noted that David Dreidoppel fired two shots at fleeing bighorn sheep on this date. He does not say if Dreidoppel was successful in bagging one of these animals, but a study of the head of a female bighorn made by Bodmer this day appears to have been derived from a trophy of the hunt.

References in Journal

August 6, 1833

Labels:

study , zoological study