The Travellers Meeting with Minatarre Indians, near Fort Clark
Artist
Karl Bodmer
(Swiss, 1809 - 1893)
Engraver
Alexandre Damien Manceau
(1817-1865)
Printer
Bougeard
(French, active 19th century)
Date1842
Mediumaquatint, etching and roulette on paper, hand-colored
Dimensions17 3/8 x 24 inches (44.1 x 61 cm)
Image: 10 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (26 x 29.2 cm)
Image: 10 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (26 x 29.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1994
Object number91.121.41
ClassificationsPrints
DescriptionVignette XXVILabel TextGerman Prince Maximilian Wied-Neuwied hired Karl Bodmer, a Swiss artist, to accompany him on an expedition to North America in 1832-1834. Bodmer made sketches of the landscapes and the Indians they saw on their journey. After they returned to Europe, Bodmer prepared final drawings and supervised the engravers who illustrated Maximilian's written account of the trip. In this engraving Bodmer depicted the entourage meeting with Minatarre (or Hidatsa) Indians. Bodmer himself is on the far right of the picture. His patron Maximilian is the shorter man next to Bodmer. The man in the center of the groups, who is introducing Maximilian, is a trapper, possibly Toussaint Charbonneau.
ProvenanceMichael Jacobs, Boulder, Colorado; purchased April or May 1978 by Donald S. Graham, Denver, Colorado; purchased November 28, 1994 through (Anderson O'Brian Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska) by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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