View of the Island above Herculaneum

Description

The steamer continued upriver past Herculaneum on the afternoon of March 23. Maximilian noted in his journal that above Herculaneum Bodmer made a quick sketch of an island in the river. That afternoon, beyond the mouth of Pear Creek, the passengers glimpsed Jefferson Barracks, where the celebrated leader of the recent Black Hawk War was being held prisoner by the U.S. government. In the evening the steamer tied up near the old settlement of Cahokia on the Illinois side of the river opposite St. Louis.

Original German Title

None

Medium

pencil on paper

Dimensions

4 3/4 x 7 7/8

Call No.

JAM.1986.49.120

Approximate Date of Creation

23rd March 1833