Books and Manuscripts

Bodmer, Karl
Pehriska-Ruhpa
(Coblenz: J. Holscher/London: Published by Ackermann & Co./Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1839-42). Tab XVII. Second state (without three small figures in mid-ground at right). Hand-colored aquatint engraving by Paul Legrand after Bodmer; "C. Bodmer" blindstamp below title. 24 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (622 x 444 mm). Small closed tear in bottom right edge and in top right edge. Graff 4648; Howes M-443a; Pilling 2521; Sabin 47014; Wagner-Camp 76:1

A fine example of one of Bodmer's most desirable portraits, depicting Hidatsa Chief Pehriska-Ruhpa ("Two Ravens"), considered one of his masterpieces. From Bodmer's Travels in the Interior of North America.