Backwoods Man and Woman on Horseback

Description

People from surrounding settlements congregated in New Harmony on the morning of November 5, 1832, to vote for the next president of the United States. Many came on foot or in wagons, but the majority arrived on horseback, according to Maximilian, who faithfully recorded the event in his journal. Although dated simply "Nov. 1832, 11 Bodmer's pencil sketch of a backwoods couple on horseback may have been made this same day.