View of the Missouri near Fort Leavenworth

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

View of the Missouri near Fort Leavenworth

Date

April 20, 1833

Dimensions

10 13/16 × 17 in. (27.5 × 43.2 cm)

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.132

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

The Yellow Stone spent the night of April 19 near Fort Osage and on the following afternoon arrived at Liberty, Missouri, where Major Dougherty took another boat and traveled ahead to Fort Leavenworth. Above the mouth of the Blue Water River, the steamer again ran aground later this afternoon and spent the night at the right bank. On April 21 shortly before noon it passed the mouth of the Kansas River, described by Maximilian as "somewhat smaller than the Wabash" and "now very low." At some time on April 20 or 21, Bodmer produced this view of the Missouri identified by its inscription as "from the hills near Fort Leavenworth." Early on the afternoon of April 22, the Yellow Stone landed at Leavenworth, where military authorities came aboard to check for illegal shipments of whiskey.

References in Journal

April 21, 1833

Labels:

Missouri River , Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Approximate Depicted Location:

Hills near Leavenworth, Kansas