Missouri River expedition Karl Bodmer

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map of 1832–1834 north american travels


by 1828, bodmer had left native switzerland work painter , engraver in german city of koblenz. there , work came attention of prinz maximilian zu wied-neuwied. german aristocrat had led scientific expedition brazil in 1815–1817. decided embark on such venture, time north america , american west. hired bodmer accompany expedition , make visual record of places , peoples encountered, through painting, drawings, etc. aristocrat known popularly naturalists , prince max.


after delays, bodmer, in company of prince max , david dreidoppel, huntsman , taxidermist, sailed north america on 17 may 1832. in letter of date, prince max wrote brother bodmer lively, man , companion, seems educated, , pleasant , suitable me; glad picked him. makes no demands, , in diligence never lacking.



fort pierre on missouri , adjacent prairies, c. 1833. aquatint bodmer maximilian, prince of wied’s travels in interior of north america (1843-1844), works illustrate.


arriving in boston, massachusetts, on 4 july, 3 encountered hardships , delays caused largely cholera epidemic in eastern states. swept across northern tier michigan via travelers on waterways. 3 men reached pittsburgh, , started there october 8 travel west along ohio river. arrived in mt. vernon, indiana midnight on 18 october. next morning, party made way new harmony, indiana.


prince max had planned spend few days in new harmony, stay prolonged serious indisposition, resembling cholera, 4 months winter residence. prince devotes chapter of book of expedition new harmony , environs. featured work , personalities of thomas , charles-alexandre lesueur, 2 leading american naturalists. lesueur prolific artist.


unlike prince , dreidoppel, bodmer escaped illness. alone, left new harmony @ end of december, , on 3 january 1833 caught steamboat @ mt. vernon, indiana. traveled down mississippi river new orleans, spending week joseph barrabino. italian-american naturalist friend of , lesueur. (a fine pencil portrait of barrabino, drawn lesueur, preserved @ new harmony workingmen s institute.)


in april 1833, prince max , bodmer set out st. louis, missouri on 2,500-mile journey steamboat , later keelboat missouri river. traveled far fort mckenzie (near present-day fort benton, montana). after wintering @ fort clark near mandan villages, returned downriver following spring, having spent more year on upper missouri. bodmer had extensively documented journey visual images, while prince max took copious notes book intended write.







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