Remarkable Hills on the Upper Missouri, 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 was a master in the use of light to create moods. In this piece, he employs a strange, diffused light on the aquamarine surface of the river, reflecting the antelope drinking peacefully.