- Additional Authors
- Description
- 57 prints on 46 sheets : etching, lithograph; 31.9 x 26.9 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Images of wild and domestic animals and birds, including bears, bison, boars, cats, deer, dogs, ducks, eagles, elephants, foxes, goats, herons, otters, peafowl, pheasants, pigeons, pointers, swans, swine, tapirs and watchdogs. One print (Elephants, bear climbing a tree, etc.) appears instead to depict prehistoric mammals, including mammoths and a ground sloth. Two prints illustrate a Fable by La Fontaine, The Stag and the Vine and were intended for an edition published by Jouaust in 1873. Two other prints depict trees, including a willow.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Landscape prints – France – 19th century.
- Etchings – French – 19th century.
- Prints – French – 19th century.
- Note
- Some etchings are signed in plate: Karl Bodmer fect. Others are signed in plate: K. Bodmer. In addition, some are signed in pencil: K. Bodmer.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Prints are undated; however, according to Béraldi, Nos. 47 and 48 were intended for an 1873 edition of the Fables of La Fontaine.
- Prints are numbered according to Béraldi. Titles are translations of those in Béraldi. No. 42bis. not in Béraldi; printed on same sheet with No. 42.
- Access (note)
- Cite As (note)
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 2, p. 137-143.
- Provenance (note)
- Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.
- Contents
- 2. The ducks -- 3. Pigeon on its nest -- 4. Two pheasants in the forest -- 4. Two pheasants in the forest (another impression) -- 5. Herons -- 7. A doe -- 8. Goose -- 8. Heron -- 9. Swan -- 9. Heron -- 10. Bear in a tree -- 11. Eagle in flight (before letters) -- 11. Eagle in flight (signed in plate) -- 12. Three bear cubs in a tree -- 12. Three bear cubs in a tree (another impression) -- 13. A herd of deer -- 14. Resting deer -- 16. Duck and ducklings -- 19. Herd of bison (1st state) -- 20. Herd of bison (2nd state) -- 20. Five ducks [geese] at the edge of a pond.
- 21. Five ducks at the edge of a pond -- 21. Five ducks at the edge of a pond (another impression) -- 22. Elephants, bear climbing a tree, etc.(Mammoths, ground sloth, tapir, etc.) -- 24. Taureaux -- 25. Swans -- 25. Swans (another impression) -- 26. Cat playing with a serpent -- 26. Cat playing with a serpent (another impression) -- 33. Peacocks -- 33. Peacocks (another impression) -- 33. Peacocks (another impression) -- 34. Wildcat -- 34. Wildcat (another impression) -- 35. Goat and kids -- 35. Goat and kids (another impression) -- 36. Fox[es] on a trail -- 37. Otter 91st state) -- 37. Otter (2nd state) -- 37. Otter (2nd state, another impression) -- 39. Pointers -- 39. Pointers (another impression) -- 40. Watchdog -- 40. Watchdog (another impression) -- 41. Fox going to earth -- 41. Fox going to earth (another impression) -- 42. Boar -- 42. Boar (another impression) -- 42bis. [Swine in a barnyard] -- 42bis. [Swine in a barnyard] (another impression) -- 45. Forest with three trees -- 46. Willow bathing in the river -- 47. The Stag and the Vine -- 47. The Stag and the Vine (another version)
- Call Number
- MEZAC
- OCLC
- NYPG95-F171
- Author
Bodmer, Karl, 1809-1893.
- Title
Animals, birds and trees [graphic] / Karl Bodmer fect.
- Imprint
187-?
- Restricted Access
Restricted access; Print Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Cite As:
S.P. Avery Collection.
- Linking Entry
Forms part of Samuel Putnam Avery Collection.
- Indexes
Holdings checked in departmental copy of Henri Béraldi, Les graveurs du XIXe siècle, v. 2, p. 137-143.
- Provenance
Gift of Samuel Putnam Avery, 1900.
- Added Author
Avery, Samuel Putnam, 1822-1904 Collector
S.P. Avery Collection.
- Research Call Number
MEZAC