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Unknown Artist, Karl Bodmer, and others

Encampment of the Piekann Indians

1835-1842

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Encampment of the Piekann Indians

1835-1842

Physical Qualities Etching , Sheet: 289 x 440 mm. (11 3/8 x 17 5/16 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 1996.48.11461
For a discussion of the pencil annotations, see Ruud, Brandon K., ed. Karl Bodmer's North American Prints (Omaha, Nebraska: Joslyn Art Museum; Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004), p. 218. 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
Ruud, Brandon K., ed. Karl Bodmer's North American Prints (Omaha, Nebraska: Joslyn Art Museum; Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004), p. 218.
Jurovics, Toby (Editor). Faces from the Interior: The North American Portraits of Karl Bodmer. Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2021.
Ruud, Brandon K., ed. Karl Bodmer's North American Prints (Omaha, Nebraska: Joslyn Art Museum; Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004), p. 216, Tableau 43.

Inscribed: Inscribed in ink: lower right "K Bodmer" Inscribed in pencil: lower left "1er Etat"; three groups of figures are circled and annotated "1e groupe", "2e groupe / a 12 Cr. large / à 11 1/2 si possible [in blue pencil, crossed out]", "3e groupe"

Markings: None

Artist

Unknown Artist

2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00

Artist

Karl Bodmer

1808–1892

Swiss, 1809-1893
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Author

Maximilian Prince of Wied-Neuwied

1781–1866

Prussian, 1782 - 1867
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