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Pehriska-Ruhpa a Minatarre or Big-bellied Indian

Paul LeGrand, Karl Bodmer, Finot & Bougeard, Maximilian Prince of Wied-Neuwied

Pehriska-Ruhpa a Minatarre or Big-bellied Indian

1831-1833

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Paul LeGrand, Karl Bodmer, Finot & Bougeard, Maximilian Prince of Wied-Neuwied

Pehriska-Ruhpa a Minatarre or Big-bellied Indian

1831-1833

Physical Qualities Etching, aquatint, mezzotint with hand coloring, Sheet: 385 x 300 mm. (15 3/16 x 11 13/16 in.) Image: 356 x 286 mm. (14 x 11 1/4 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 1996.48.17855
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. 129, Tableau 17.

Inscribed: Signed in plate: lower right "Ch. Bodmer" Inscribed in plate: lower right "Dessiné d'après nature par Ch. Bodmer"; lower center "Imp. de Finot & Bougeard"; lower right "Gravé par Paul Legrand"

Markings: None

Artist

Paul LeGrand

French, active 1820 - 1840
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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Swiss, 1809-1893
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Printer

Finot & Bougeard

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Author

Maximilian Prince of Wied-Neuwied

Prussian, 1782 - 1867
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