Hill Overlooking the Missouri River
Description
Below the mouth of the Platte on the morning of May 3, Bodmer made a shipboard study of the riverbank featuring a prominent hill isolated from the surrounding terrain. Maximilian identified it in his journal, saying that "its name is Iron Eye (Ishta-ma-seh in the Oto and Omaha language). A small creek with the same name descends here into the Missouri."
Original German Title
None
Medium
watercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions
8 1/2 x 10 3/4
Call No.
JAM.1986.49.148
Approximate Date of Creation
3rd May 1833