Karl Bodmer
First Landing
1800-1899
Scroll
Karl Bodmer
First Landing
1800-1899
Physical Qualities
Graphite on paper, Sheet: 151 × 225 mm. (5 15/16 × 8 7/8 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
1996.48.7196
Study for Tableau 36, "Hunting of the Grizzly Bear," from the print series "Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834" (see 1996.48.17293 for a proof of this print)
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
The Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 'A Faithful and Vivid Picture: Karl Bodmer's North American Prints', Sept. 28-Dec. 29, 2002; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas: July 19, 2003-Sept. 28, 2003.
Marvin C. Ross, 'Five American Indian Drawings by Karl Bodmer', The Baltimore Museum of Art News, 16:3 (February-March 1953), p. 10, fig. 3.
Ruud, Brandon K., ed. Karl Bodmer's North American Prints (Omaha, Nebraska: Joslyn Art Museum; Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2004), p. 197.
Inscribed: RECTO: LR, graphite, 'Bodmer fecit'; BE, graphite, 'Bodmer s'est represente le 1er debout a l'avant du bateau, tenant un fusil'. VERSO: LC, blue ink stamp, 'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION'.
