Lucas Weber, Karl Bodmer, Maximilian Prince of Wied-Neuwied
View on the Delaware near Bordentown
1835-1842
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Lucas Weber, Karl Bodmer, Maximilian Prince of Wied-Neuwied
View on the Delaware near Bordentown
1835-1842
Physical Qualities
Etching and aquatint with hand coloring, Sheet: 270 x 354 mm. (10 5/8 x 13 15/16 in.)
Plate: 229 x 313 mm. (9 x 12 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
1996.48.7177
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. 242, Vignette II.
Inscribed: Signed (?) in pencil: lower right "C Bodmer" Inscribed in plate: lower left "Dessiné d'après nature par Ch. Bodmer"; lower center "AUSSICHT AUF DEN DELAWARE / bei Bordentown. | VUE DU DELAWARE / près de Bordentown. / VIEW ON THE DELAWARE, NEAR BORDENTOWN"; bottom left "Coblenz bei J. Hölscher"; bottom center "London, published by Ackermann & Co. 96 Strand, 1st Jany. 1839"; bottom right "Paris, Arthus Bertrand, éditeur"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)