Rockport on the Ohio

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Rockport on the Ohio

Date

October 18, 1832

Dimensions

6 3/8 × 8 1/2 in. (16.2 × 21.6 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.54

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

On the morning of October 18 the Water Witch weighed anchor and continued downriver. In his journal Maximilian wrote that "in spite of the low water level, the Ohio is very wide and beautiful." Bodmer's sketch of the rocky shoreline in the vicinity of Rockport, Indiana, was made before breakfast this same morning and serves to illustrate the descriptions in Maximilian's journal of unusual rock formations observed along the Ohio.

References in Journal

October 18, 1832

Labels:

genre, riverscape , Ohio River

Approximate Depicted Location:

Rockport, Indiana