Historical Figure
Karl Bodmer
Karl Bodmer was a Swiss-born artist who accompanied Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied on a scientific expedition up the Missouri River in 1832–1834, traveling through the same territory explored by Lewis and Clark. His meticulously detailed watercolors and engravings of Mandan, Hidatsa, and other Northern Plains tribes are considered among the finest artistic records of the American frontier.
Portrait: Public Domain, photograph (1877), Library of Congress
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9 total items
Art (9)
Landscape with Buffalo on the Upper Missouri
Karl Bodmer, 1833
Watercolor on paper
The White Castles on the Upper Missouri
Karl Bodmer, 1833
Hand-colored aquatint engraving
Snags (Sunken Trees) on the Missouri
Karl Bodmer, 1833
Watercolor on paper
Fort Clark on the Missouri
Karl Bodmer, 1834
Hand-colored aquatint engraving
Junction of the Yellowstone River with the Missouri
Karl Bodmer, 1833
Hand-colored aquatint engraving
Pehriska-Ruhpa, Moennitarri Warrior in the Costume of the Dog Dance
Karl Bodmer, 1834
Hand-colored aquatint engraving
Mih-Tutta-Hangkusch, A Mandan Village
Karl Bodmer, 1833
Hand-colored aquatint engraving
Mato-Tope, A Mandan Chief
Karl Bodmer, 1833–1834
Hand-colored aquatint engraving, 44 × 55.5 cm
The Interior of the Hut of a Mandan Chief
Karl Bodmer, 1833–1834
Hand-colored aquatint engraving
