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Lot 189

Sale 5890 - Books and Manuscripts
Jun 25, 2024 11:00AM ET
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[Native-Americana] Bodmer, Karl: Cave-In-Rock. view on the Ohio

Bodmer, Karl
Cave-In-Rock. view on the Ohio
Coblenz: J. Holscher/London: Published by Ackermann & Co./Paris: Arthus Bertrand, (1839-42). Vig. VII. Hand-colored aquatint engraving by Lucas Weber after Bodmer; “C. Bodmer” blindstamp below title. Light spotting above title. 18 x 23 3/4 in. (457 x 603 mm). 

While traveling on the Ohio River to St. Louis, Bodmer sketched this scene showing the geological rock formation known as Cave-In-Rock, on the Illinois side of the river near Cave-In-Rock Island. From Bodmer's Travels in the Interior of North America.

A  lovely example. 

Height: 18 in.

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