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Fort Union on the Missouri
Artist
Bodmer, Karl
(Swiss, 1809 - 1893)
Datecirca 1840
Dimensionsimage: 12 3/4 × 16 in. (32.4 × 40.6 cm)
sheet: 17 3/4 × 21 3/4 in. (45.1 × 55.2 cm)
frame: 21 1/4 × 25 1/2 in. (54 × 64.8 cm)
sheet: 17 3/4 × 21 3/4 in. (45.1 × 55.2 cm)
frame: 21 1/4 × 25 1/2 in. (54 × 64.8 cm)
ClassificationsART, 2-DIMENSIONAL
Credit LineCollection of The Rockwell Museum
Object number78.929 F
DescriptionHorizontal rectangle; setting with fort in distance; Native Americans standing and on horses in rocky foreground; others filing away from three groups of tipis flanking fort; river, forest, white cliffs behind fort; large clouds in sky.Collections
- Art of the American West
Not on view