Item 36: Lithograph, titled, “Urwald-Landschaft am Lehigh,” by Karl Bodmer, 1887
Item — Box: 21, Folder: 36
Dates
- Created: 1887
Creator
- Bodmer, Karl, 1809 – 1893 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Lithograph
Condition Note:
Good, paper is discolored.
Measurements:
10 ¼ in. x 7 ½ in.
Title:
Urwald-Landschaft am Lehigh
Description:
A German print of a lithograph depicting the jungle landscape of the Lehigh river. There are a few islands in the river as well as wildlife and trees. The Lehigh River spans 109 miles across northeastern Pennsylvania and is a tributary of the Delaware River. Flowing from the Pocono Mountains it passes through Allentown and much of the Lehigh Valley, eventually joining with the Delaware River in Easton. The name of the river is derived from the anglicisation of the Lenape name, Lechewuekink, meaning “where there are forks.”
According to Valley Views of Northeastern Pennsylvania by Gilbert S. McClintock, this print by Karl Bodmer is a comparable engraving made after “Forest Scene on the Lehigh” that was also created by Karl Bodmer.
Johann Carl Bodmer, born February 11, 1809 was a Swiss-French printmaker, etcher, lithographer, zinc engraver, draughtsman, painter, illustrator, and hunter. He is better known as Karl Bodmer in his literature and paintings. The change of signature was likely due to the birth of his son, Charles-Henry Barbizon, that he began to sign his works K Bodmer. Bodmer was also well known in Germany for his watercolors, drawings, and aquatints of cities and landscapes of the Rhine, Mosel, and Lahn rivers.
Location:
Lehigh River, Pennsylvania
Transcription:
DCCCLXXXVII [887]
DRAWN AFTER NATURE
URWALD-LANDSCHAFT am LEHIGH
(PENNSYLVANIA)
Aus d Kunstanst. d.Bibl.Instit in Hildbhsn. Eigenthum d. Verleger.
59
Creator
- Bodmer, Karl, 1809 – 1893 (Person)
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