Karl Bodmer
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Johann Carl Bodmer was a Swiss-French printmaker, etcher, lithographer, zinc engraver, draughtsman, painter, illustrator, and hunter. Known as Karl Bodmer in literature and paintings, his name was rec
Bodmer depicted in a Woodburytype portrait in 1877
Fort Pierre on the Missouri an aquatint from Maximilian, Prince of Wied’s Travels in the Interior of North America (1843-1844)
Scalp Dance of the Minitarres
View of Bethlehem, an 1832 aquatint of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania by Bodmer
Prince Alexander Philipp Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied was a German explorer, ethnologist and naturalist. He led a pioneering expedition to southeast Brazil between 1815 and 1817, from which the album Re
Karl Bodmer
…American frontier of the 19th century. He painted extremely accurate works of its inhabitants and landscape. He accompanied the German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied from 1832 through 1834 on his Missouri River expedition. Bodmer was hired as an artist by Maximilian in order to accompany his expedition and record…
Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied
Memorial to Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied in Mount Vernon Gardens, Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Encampment of the travellers on the Missouri. Maximilian is likely the man on the right in blue smoking a pipe. Aquatint illustration by Karl Bodmer from Maximilian Prince of Wied’s Travels in the Interior of North America, during the years 1832–1834.
The Travellers Meeting with Minatarre Indians Near Fort Clark. Maximilian is apparently the man in green holding a gun. Aquatint illustration by Karl Bodmer from Maximilian Prince of Wied’s Travels in the Interior of North America, during the years 1832–1834.