The White Castles, from Travels in the Interior of North America, 1839-43
Aquatint engraving
Ackermann & Co., London
Greenslade Special Collections and Archives
Olin and Chalmers Libraries
Kenyon College

Bodmer's representations of this natural landscape are strongly reminiscent of old castles and battlements along the Rhine. Bodmer adeptly presents this illusion while also capturing the magnificence of the rock formations.