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Photography by Edward C. Robison III.

Beaver Hut on the Missouri

Disbound from an oblong quarto volume of thirty-three vignette plates

ArtistKarl Bodmer, Swiss, 1809–1893
Date1832-1834
MediumHand-colored aquatint
Dimensions9 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (24.1 x 28.6 cm)
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2009.26.65
ClassificationPrint
ProvenanceAuthor; to Frederick Schuchart, NY, 1844; (William Reese Company, New Haven, CT); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2009
On ViewNo
Beaver Hut on the Mi…9.5 × 11.3 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 15× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.