Rock Formations on the Upper Missouri

Description

Identified by the letter W at the upper right of the illustration, this watercolor is probably one of a series of views made by Bodmer in the general region of the Mauvaises Terres on August 2 according to Maximilian's journal entry for the day. Throughout this stretch of the Missouri, the travelers observed high summits eroded by water, split by extremes of temperature, and sculpted by the wind into fantastic shapes.