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Impression of The Elkhorn Pyramid, on the Upper Missouri

(American, 1840 (?))
(Swiss (active in France), 1809–1893)
1829–93
Medium/TechniqueEngraving, published state on paper
DimensionsSheet: 14.9 x 20.9 cm (5 7/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number1976.697
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsInscribed at bottom right: Smilie & Hinshelwood Inscribed at bottom left: Karl Bodmer Inscribed at bottom centered: THE ELKHORM PYRAMID, ON THE UPPER MISSOURI. / Engraved expressly for the Graham Magazine.
ProvenanceBequest of Maxim Karolik, Newport; to MFA October 13, 1976
John Cheney
19th century
Smillie & Hinshelwood
1846
Smillie & Hinshelwood
Smillie & Hinshelwood
Helen Frankenthaler
1977
Les Snobs
Charles Lucien Léandre
1902
Drawing for "Elmo" (Helmet) Series
Dimitri Hadzi
about 1961