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USA: 'Pehriska-Ruhpa of the Dog Society of the Hidatsa tribe of Native Americans. ', Karl Bodmer, c. 1840

Johann Carl Bodmer (11 February 1809 30 October 1893) was a printmaker, etcher, lithographer, zinc engraver, draughtsman, painter, illustrator and hunter.<br/><br/>. He is best known in the United States as a painter who captured the American West of the 19th century with extremely accurate depictions of its inhabitants. He accompanied the German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied from 1832 through 1834 on his Missouri River expedition. He was hired as an artist by Maximilian with the specific intent of traveling through the American West and recording images of cities, rivers, towns and people they saw along the way, including many images of Native Americans along the Missouri and that region.
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USA: 'Pehriska-Ruhpa of the Dog Society of the Hidatsa tribe of Native Americans. ', Karl Bodmer, c. 1840
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Johann Carl Bodmer (11 February 1809 30 October 1893) was a printmaker, etcher, lithographer, zinc engraver, draughtsman, painter, illustrator and hunter.

. He is best known in the United States as a painter who captured the American West of the 19th century with extremely accurate depictions of its inhabitants. He accompanied the German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied from 1832 through 1834 on his Missouri River expedition. He was hired as an artist by Maximilian with the specific intent of traveling through the American West and recording images of cities, rivers, towns and people they saw along the way, including many images of Native Americans along the Missouri and that region.
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3500 x 4904 px | 49.1 MB
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29.6 x 41.5 cm | 11.7 x 16.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1840 • AMERICA • AMERICAN INDIAN • AMERICAN INDIANS • AMERICAN • AMERICAN-INDIAN • AMERICANS • AMERICAS • ANIMAL: CROW • ART • ARTS • CARL BODMER • CROW • EEUU • HIDATSA TRIBE • HIDATSA • INDIANS (AMERICAN) • KARL BODMER • LEGEND • NATIVE AMERICAN • NATIVE AMERICANS • RAVEN • SIOUAN • UNITED STATES