View of New Harmony

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

View of New Harmony

Date

1834

Dimensions

6 1/4 × 10 13/16 in. (15.9 × 27.5 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.368

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Bodmer may have executed this watercolor of New Harmony in Europe. Although unpublished, it was possibly intended for inclusion in the atlas illustrating the various editions of Maximilian's travel account. In this account, Maximilian described New Harmony and related something of its history, noting that it had been founded by the same George Rapp who in 1832 was living at Economy near Pittsburgh. Maximilian mentioned the existence of a steam sawmill, two distilleries, a brewery, and a cigar factory, adding that "large quantities of whiskey, pork, and beef in barrels, as well as Indian corn, are shipped from here on flatboats to New Orleans."

Labels:

structure , New Harmony, Indiana

Approximate Depicted Location:

New Harmony, Indiana