Mouth of the Arkansas

Description

Bodmer made several sketches of the mouth of the Arkansas River in passing downstream toward Natchez. Today this aspect of the river is greatly altered, and a modern ship channel and system of locks carries Mississippi barge traffic on the Arkansas to just below Tulsa, Oklahoma

Original German Title

None

Medium

pencil on paper

Dimensions

6 3/8 x 8 5/8

Call No.

JAM.1986.49.104

Approximate Date of Creation

7th January 1833