The Steamer Yellow-stone, c. 1839

Not on View

Medium

etching and aquatint in black with hand-coloring on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 10 1/8 x 12 5/8 in. (25.72 x 32.07 cm)

sheet: 17 1/4 x 23 1/2 in. (43.82 x 59.69 cm)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)

Accession Number

2015.19.975

Artists / Makers

Karl Bodmer (artist) Swiss, 1809 - 1893

Lucas Weber (engraver) American, 1811 - c. 1860

Ackermann & Co. (publisher) est. 1795

Image Use

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Inscription

upper right printed in black ink: Tab. 4.; lower left printed in black ink: Ch. Bodmer del ad nat. / DAS DAMPFBOOT YELLOW-STONE. / am 19ten April 1933. / Colbenz, bei J. Hölscher; lower center printed in black ink: Imp de Bougeard / THE STEAMER YELLOW-STONE / on the 19th Aptil 1933. / London, published by Ackerman & Co, 96, Strand.; lower right printed in black ink: Lucas Weber sc. / LE BATEAU A VAPEUR YELLOW-STONE. / le 19 Avril 1933. / Panis, Anthris Bertrand, éditeur.; lower center in graphite by unknown hand: T[not deciphered]; lower right in graphite by unknown hand: $125-

Marks and Labels

lower center blindstamp [square]: C. BODMER / Direc[not deciphered]

Provenance

(The Old Printshop, Inc., New York, NY); purchased thorugh the Mary E. Maxwell Fund by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1960; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art