Big Sky Journal used an image from one of our aquatints for a two-page illustration of an article in their Fly Fishing 2013 issue.

Artist Karl Bodmer painted landscapes and portraits as he accompanied Prince Maximilian zu Wied on his expedition across the American West from 1832 to 1834.  His paintings were first published in 1843 in zu Wied’s chronicle of the journey.  Since that publication, Bodmer’s aquatints have remained a major source of information regarding Plains Indian culture. They were and continue to be instrumental in creating romantic perceptions and misconceptions about these peoples. The Rare Books Division holds a copy of the first edition of zu Weid’s chronicle. A complete set of our original aquatints may be viewed in digital format.