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