View of Pittsburgh

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

View of Pittsburgh

Date

September 26, 1832

Dimensions

11 15/16 × 17 1/8 in. (30.3 × 43.5 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.44

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

With stopovers at Huntington and Ebensburg, where they stayed several days waiting for Bodmer and Saynisch to catch up with them, Maximilian and Dreidoppel reached Pittsburgh around midnight on September 26. Securing accommodations at the Exchange Hotel, they were soon joined there by Bodmer and Saynisch. The party of travelers spent ten days in and around Pittsburgh, described by Maximilian as "a rather old city of vast extent." Bodmer's sketch of Pittsburgh as seen from across the Monongahela River, which at Pittsburgh joins the Allegheny to form the Ohio, includes a view of a large covered bridge spanning the Allegheny.

References in Journal

September 26, 1832

Labels:

structure , genre, riverscape , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Approximate Depicted Location:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania