Karl Bodmer
Karl Bodmer was a Swiss-born artist who accompanied Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied on a scientific expedition up the Missouri River in 1832–1834, traveling through the same territory explored by Lewis and Clark. His meticulously detailed watercolors and engravings of Mandan, Hidatsa, and other Northern Plains tribes are considered among the finest artistic records of the American frontier.
Portrait: Public Domain, photograph (1877), Library of Congress
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Karl Bodmer: A Note on Absence from the Lewis & Clark Journals
OverviewThis biographical synthesis is unusual because it must begin with a clarification: Karl Bodmer (1809–1893), the Swiss-born painter whose watercolors and aquatints…
George Catlin in the Lewis & Clark Journal Record
A Note on SourcesGeorge Catlin (1796–1872) is not mentioned in any entry of the Lewis and Clark journals. The dataset underlying this…
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