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The Travellers Meeting with Minatarre Indians near Fort Clark

Emile Alexandre Manceau, Karl Bodmer, Maximilian Prince of Wied-Neuwied, Bougeard

The Travellers Meeting with Minatarre Indians near Fort Clark

1835-1842

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The Travellers Meeting with Minatarre Indians near Fort Clark

Emile Alexandre Manceau, Karl Bodmer, Maximilian Prince of Wied-Neuwied, Bougeard

The Travellers Meeting with Minatarre Indians near Fort Clark

Emile Alexandre Manceau, Karl Bodmer, Maximilian Prince of Wied-Neuwied, Bougeard

The Travellers Meeting with Minatarre Indians near Fort Clark

1835-1842

Physical Qualities Etching and aquatint, Sheet: 300 x 373 mm. (11 13/16 x 14 11/16 in.) Plate: 282 x 341 mm. (11 1/8 x 13 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 1996.48.7256
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. 302, Vignette XXVI.

Inscribed: Inscribed in pencil: along bottom, in Lucas' (?) hand "Des deux personnages a droite, Bodmer s'est represente le 1er avec un chapeau haut de form, et le second est le prince Weid" Inscribed in plate: upper right "Vig. XXVI"; lower left "K. Bodmer pinx. ad nat."; lower center "Imp. de Bougeard"; lower right "Alex Manceau sculp."; lower center "ZUSAMMENKUNFT DER REISENDEN MIT MONNITARRI INDIANERN / bei Fort Clart", "RENCONTRE DES VOYAGEURS AVEC DES INDIENS MEUNITARRI / près du Fort Clark", "THE TRAVELLERS MEETING WITH MINATARRE INDIANS / near Fort Clark"; bottom left "Coblenz bei J. Hölscher"; bottom center "London published by Ackermann & Co. 90, Strand"; bottom right "Paris Arthus Bertrand, éditeur"

Markings: None

Artist

Emile Alexandre Manceau

French, 1817 - 1865
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Artist

Karl Bodmer

Swiss, 1809-1893
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Author

Maximilian Prince of Wied-Neuwied

Prussian, 1782 - 1867
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Printer

Bougeard

French
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