Karl Bodmer. Reise in das inner Nord-America in den Jaharen. Published by Prince Maximilian zu Wied, Paris, Coblenz and London: c. 1839-42. Aquatint engraving.

Original hand color on wove paper.
Sheet size: 17 by 24 ¼ inches.

This composition serves as the formal depiction he made of both his sponsor, Prince Maximilian, and of himself to his subscribers. Bodmer, the tall figure wearing a top hat to the far right carries a satchel with his painting supplies a gun and an axe. Bodmer in the green coat and rounded black hat stands next to him. Rather than an actual historic event, it serves to represent the expedition as a whole. The clash of cultures is neatly shown.

$5500.

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