Upper Missouri

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

Upper Missouri

Date

August 5, 1833

Dimensions

12 1/2 × 7 7/8 in. (31.8 × 20 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.195

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Approximately ten miles above the mouth of the Judith River, the Arrow River, formerly the Slaughter River of Lewis and Clark, enters the Missouri channel from the south. Beyond this point the Missouri takes a decidedly northward course for some miles through a region named the Stone Walls. Approaching this area on August 5, Maximilian remarked in his journal that the keelboat was making its way through remarkably scenic country. Bodmer's study of unusual formations along the banks in this vicinity was made on August 5 or 6.

References in Journal

August 5, 1833

Labels:

study , Missouri River , geological study

Approximate Depicted Location:

Upper Missouri River