Lucas Weber, Karl Bodmer, and others
Bear with Bones
1835-1842
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- Artist: Lucas Weber
- Artist: Karl Bodmer
- Author: Maximilian Prince of Wied-Neuwied
Bear with Bones
1835-1842
Physical Qualities
Etching and aquatint with hand coloring
, Image/Sheet: 162 x 164 mm. (6 3/8 x 6 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.17293
Proof of "Hunting of the Grizzly Bear," depicting only the bear (Published state not in BMA Collection). See 1996.48.7196 for drawing related to the published print.
Dates given are the range of years that Bodmer oversaw the production of plates, after his drawings, for the series. The series was issued in three editions: Reise in das innere Nord-America in den J. 1832 bis 1834 (Coblenz: Hölscher, 1839-41); Voyage dans l'interieur de l'amerique du Nord, éxecuté pendant les années 1832, 1833 et 1834 (Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1840-43); Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-34 (London: Ackermann & Co., 1843)
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Ruud, Brandon K., ed. Karl Bodmer's North American Prints (Omaha, Nebraska: Joslyn Art Museum; Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004), p. 197.
Ruud, Brandon K., ed. Karl Bodmer's North American Prints (Omaha, Nebraska: Joslyn Art Museum; Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004), p. 195, Tableau 36.
Inscribed: On the support under the print, in Lucas' hand [?] "Gravure coloriée par Bodmer"
Markings: None? [print is hinged on four corners, unable to view verso]
