Lumber Mill near Cape Girardeau

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Lumber Mill near Cape Girardeau

Date

March 21, 1833

Dimensions

5 × 6 13/16 in. (12.7 × 17.3 cm)

Medium

Graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.115.a

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Having spent the night of March 20 aground on a sandbank near the village of Commerce, Missouri, the steamer reached Cape Girardeau early on the morning of March 21st. Maximilian described the site as "an old French settlement about which 'they say it is on the rise, something which one cannot see in the poor place. It is a village which lies scattered about."

References in Journal

March 21, 1833

Labels:

Mississippi River , Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Approximate Depicted Location:

Cape Girardeau, Missouri