Mouth of the Arkansas

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Mouth of the Arkansas

Date

January 7, 1833

Dimensions

6 3/8 × 8 11/16 in. (16.2 × 22.1 cm)

Medium

Graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.104

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Bodmer made several sketches of the mouth of the Arkansas River in passing downstream toward Natchez. Today this aspect of the river is greatly altered, and a modern ship channel and system of locks carries Mississippi barge traffic on the Arkansas to just below Tulsa, Oklahoma

References in Journal

February 15, 1833

Labels:

riverscape , Mississippi River , Arkansas River

Approximate Depicted Location:

Mouth of the Arkansas River, Arkansas