Sach’s Dwelling in the Poconos

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Sach's Dwelling in the Poconos

Date

August 25, 1832

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

1986.49.36

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Having explored Indian burial sites on the islands of the river and inspected local artifacts collected by Dutot and others, Maximilian and Bodmer left Dutotsburgh on the morning of August 25, arriving at Sach's public house that same evening. Nearby was an older building, the first to have been occupied by the man whose father had come to North America from Saxony. Sometime on the 25th or 26th, Bodmer made a sketch of Sach's first dwelling, no longer in use when Bodmer saw it.

References in Journal

August 25, 1832

Labels:

structure , Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania

Approximate Depicted Location:

Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania