Ponca Men

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Ponca Man

Date

May 12, 1833

Dimensions

6 x 5 7/8

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.244

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

On the morning of May 12, Bodmer sketched two Ponca Indians on the riverbank. There had been a frost during the night, and the men huddled in their buffalo robes, the thick mat of hair turned inward for warmth. From the diaries it can be inferred that this drawing represents one or both of the individuals portrayed in Plates 171 and 172. A virtually identical woodcut illustrates the text of Travels in the Interior of North America.  

References in Journal

May 12, 1833

Labels:

portrait

Approximate Depicted Location:

Near White Bear Bluffs, South Dakota