View on the Delaware near Bordentown

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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Birth and death dates

1809 - 1893

Artist Nationality

Swiss

Title

View on the Delaware near Bordentown

Date

July 23, 1832

Dimensions

11 9/16 × 16 15/16 in. (29.4 × 43 cm)

Medium

Watercolor on paper

Institution

Joslyn Art Museum

Credit Line

Gift of the Enron Art Foundation

Accession Number

1986.49.24

Rights (i.e. copyright information)

Joslyn Art Museum

Photographer credit

Photograph © Bruce M. White, 2019

Commentary

Maximilian left New York on July 16 and took passage by steamer to Amboy, New Jersey. Near Amboy he boarded a stagecoach for Philadelphia, and on July 18 he traveled to neighboring Bordentown, New Jersey. On July 19 he visited the vacant estate of Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon's older brother. On the evening of July 22, Bodmer arrived at the Bordentown tavern where Maximilian was staying. The next day on a walking tour with the Prince along the Delaware, he made two watercolor studies of the landscape in the vicinity of the Bonaparte estate.

References in Journal

July 19, 1832

Labels:

riverscape , Delaware River

Approximate Depicted Location:

Delaware River, New Jersey