Confluence of the Fox River and the Wabash

Description

During the months of November and December, while Maximilian recovered at New Harmony, Bodmer and Dreidoppel went almost daily to explore along the Fox and Wabash rivers in search of zoological specimens. According to an entry in his journal on December 6, Maximilian himself accompanied Bodmer on an excursion by boat to Fox Island at the mouth of the Fox River. On that day, Mr. Bodmer made a drawing from an interesting landscape, the estuary of the Fox River into the Wabash.This rendering of the scene was reproduced as Tableau 5 in the atlas of aquatints published in Europe in 1839-43.

Original German Title

None

Medium

watercolor on paper

Dimensions

11 7/8 x 14 1/2

Call No.

JAM.1986.49.63

Approximate Date of Creation

6th December 1832