Hand Colored Aquatint Engraving "Fort Clark On The Missouri" By Karl Bodmer, C.1843

22.75" x 26.75". Hand-colored aquatint engraving depicting
the several Native Americans standing on an overlook of the Missouri River during winter. Ft. Clark is in the distance. Edition from Mckenney, Thomas l., and James Hall’s “History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs. Philadelphia: Daniel Rice and J.G. Clark; London: Charles Gilpin, [1842--1844]. One of the most costly and important [works] ever published on the American Indians. This was a 3 Volume, folio (20 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.; 512 X 350 mm) with 120 handcolored lithographed plates, including 117 portraits after C. B. King, 3 scenic frontispieces after Rindisbacher, leaf of lithographed maps and table, 17 pages of facsimile signatures of subscribers.
In 1832, the German prince, Maximilian of Wied, organized an expedition to explore the region along the Missouri River. He was accompanied by Karl Bodmer, a young Swiss artist, who recorded in pictorial form all he observed. Following the Lewis & Clark trail up the Missouri River, they traveled 5,000 miles during the course of a year. Maximilian kept detailed notes on a day-by-day basis for his book, which was published six years later in German, French, and English editions and included Bodmer’s aquatint engravings. Karl Bodmer’s landscapes, portraits, and splendid scenes of Indian life are regarded today as first rate picture histories of the western frontier at that time. Engraved by L. Weber. Printed by de Bougeard.

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