Lynx

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Lynx

Date

December 24, 1833

Dimensions

10 1/2 × 14 13/16 in. (26.7 × 37.6 cm)

Medium

Graphite and ink on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.344

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

On Christmas Eve, Maximilian recorded in his journal that "a backwoods man came riding in on horseback from a distance of twelve miles and brought us a fine lynx ... for which I paid him two dollars .... The lynx was beautiful, but exceedingly slender. His feet were very thin." Although he makes no specific reference to Bodmer's having sketched this specimen, the dated inscription on the reverse of this study is the same as the journal entry.

References in Journal

December 24, 1833

Labels:

study , zoological study

Approximate Depicted Location:

New Harmony, Indiana