Sugar Plantation on the Mississippi

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Sugar Plantation on the Mississippi

Date

January 22, 1833

Dimensions

6 7/16 × 8 11/16 in. (16.4 × 22.1 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.98

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Above New Orleans on January 22, the Arkansas passed numerous riverside settlements. Bodmer later recalled that "in most instances, the dwellings of the settlers are scarcely a rifle shot's distance from the riverbank." This group of sketches, made in the vicinity of a sugar plantation according to its inscription, is dated the day of Bodmer's departure from New Orleans. The property in question seems to be delineated at the middle left. Dim figures possibly representing Indians appear at the center.

References in Journal

February 15, 1833

Labels:

structure , genre, riverscape , Mississippi River

Approximate Depicted Location:

Mississippi River, between New Orleans and Baton Rouge