Mouth of the Ohio: Store and Tavern on Tip of Land

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Mouth of the Ohio: Store and Tavern on Tip of Land

Date

January 1833

Dimensions

6 3/8 × 8 3/4 in. (16.2 × 22.2 cm)

Medium

Graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.89

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Today the city of Cairo, Illinois, stands at the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers near the site where Fort Defiance once commanded a view of the surrounding wilderness. In Bodmer's day a small settlement existed at the mouth of the Ohio, as evidenced in this sketch made in the early part of 1833.

Labels:

structure , riverscape , Ohio River , Mississippi River

Approximate Depicted Location:

Cairo, Illinois