Etchings, 1840-1843.

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Etchings, 1840-1843.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173694441

A set of hand-colored aquatint etchings and other etchings based on watercolors and sketches of Native Americans created by Swiss artist Karl Bodmer from 1832 to 1833 while accompanying Prince Alexander Maximilian of Wied on a journey on the Missouri River, published in conjunction with journals by the Prince in "Travels in the Interior of North America." The collection also includes reproductions of the etchings printed in the atlas volume of "Maximilian, Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834" (1906).

99 etchings in 3 flat boxes and1 volume in a flat box.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924124

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893

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Wied, Maximilian, Prinz von, 1782-1867

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Maximilian, Prinz zu Wied-Neuwied, German naturalist, ethnographer, and explorer who traveled to the American West in the 1830s, accompanied by Karl Bodmer, artist. From the description of Letter : Neuwied, to [Samuel George Morton?], 1841 Feb 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81161121 From the description of Letter : Neuwied, to [Samuel George Morton?], 1841 Feb 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702159688 Thomas M. Brewer (1814-1880) was an American ornithologist...