Saline Creek

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Saline Creek

Date

November 2, 1832

Dimensions

6 7/16 × 8 11/16 in. (16.4 × 22.1 cm)

Medium

Graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.75

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Dated November 2 1832, is this sketch of the banks on Saline Creek, a tributary of the Ohio. Maximilian recorded on this day that Bodmer made drawings "at home," later went walking in the woods, and in the afternoon paid a visit to a local whiskey factory to view its steam engine. Maximilian's journal makes no further mention of Bodmer's activities at this time, but it may be supposed that he made the sketch during an afternoon stroll along Saline Creek.

References in Journal

November 2, 1832

Labels:

riverscape

Approximate Depicted Location:

Saline Creek, Illinois