Unusual Formations on the Banks of the Upper Missouri

Description

Maximilian identified sketch Q as having been made on July 25 below the mouth of the Musselshell River in an area of eroded clay hills below sandstone escarpments and strangely eroded cliffs. This portion of the Missouri is now inundated by the Fort Peck Reservoir.

Original German Title

None

Medium

watercolor over pencil on paper

Dimensions

2 5/8 x 7 3/4

Call No.

JAM.1986.49.179

Approximate Date of Creation

25th July 1833