Paducah at the Mouth of the Tennessee

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Paducah at the Mouth of the Tennessee

Date

March 19, 1833

Dimensions

6 3/8 × 8 13/16 in. (16.2 × 22.4 cm)

Medium

Graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.84

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

The modern city of Paducah, Kentucky, stands today below the junction of the Cumberland and the Ohio at the mouth of the Tennessee River. In Bodmer's day Paducah was a small town. When passing this same location in March, 1833, Maximilian recorded in his journal that the Western Pilot of 1829 did not include a reference to Paducah.

References in Journal

March 19, 1833

Labels:

genre, riverscape , Ohio River , Tennessee River

Approximate Depicted Location:

Paducah, Kentucky