Illustrations for Travels in the Interior of North America in the Years 1832 to 1834, Volume 2

Artist Karl Bodmer (Swiss, 1809 - 1893)

Date1843

MediumHand-colored engravings; book

DimensionsOverall: 22 5/8 × 17 3/8 × 1 1/8 inches (57.48 × 44.15 × 2.87 cm)

Credit LineGift of Whitney and Betty MacMillan in honor of Estelle and Morton Sosland

Object number2007.16.4

Inscribedpasted in the inside cover: "Mary Geraldine Morton / The gift of His Highness / The Prince Maximilian of Weid / July 1846"

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DescriptionThe binding is dark brown with a marbled pattern. Two of the books are text volumes. The other two are filled with hand-colored engravings showing various early scenes from across North America, including picturesque landscapes and images of American Indians. The covers of the illustration volumes feature the following title: "MAXIMILIAN / PRINZ ZU WEID. / Reise / in das inner / Nord-Amerika. / 1832-1834 / KUPFER"

Particular passages of many of the images have been treated with gum arabic, which produces a glossy sheen.Provenance

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Maximilian, Prinz zu Wied-Neuwied (1782-1867), by July 1846 [1];

His gift to Mary Geraldine Morton, July 1846 [2];

With Mary Williams Fine Arts, Boulder, CO;

Purchased from Mary William Fine Arts by Whitney (b. 1929) and Elizabeth “Betty” (née Sutton, d. ca. 2016) MacMillan, Wayzata, MN, by June 18, 2007;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2007.

NOTES:

[1] Maximilian, Prinz zu Wied-Neuwied undertook an exploratory expedition in North America in 1832-34. Artist Karl Bodmer accompanied him to pictorially document the journey. Maximilan’s notes and Bodmer’s illustrations were published as Travels in the Interior of North America (1839-41). This is the second volume of illustrations; for examples of the other three volumes (with a different provenance), see Nelson-Atkins objects 2007.16.1-3.

[2] A label pasted inside the volume’s front over reads: "Mary Geraldine Morton / The gift of His Highness / The Prince Maximilian of Wied / July 1846."

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