The Fox River near New Harmony

Description

Following an excursion along the Fox River, Maximilian described its waters as "clear and dark green, the visible ground at the bottom completely covered with shells." He also remarked upon the beauty of the surrounding forest in which "tall, widely ramified, colossal Platanus trees were shining snow white in the densely entangled thicket." Bodmer produced several finished watercolors of the wilderness landscape near New Harmony which include aspects of the scene described by Maximilian.