Mar 31, 2011 - Sale 2241

Sale 2241 - Lot 36

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(AMERICAN INDIANS--PRINTS.) Beyer and Weber, engravers, after Karl Bodmer. Fort Union on the Missouri. Hand-colored lithograph, 14 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches; toned within mat line, 4 small holes filled on verso (one in image area), a touch of dampstaining, other moderate wear; C. Bodmer embossed stamp under imprint line. London: Ackerman, 1841

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Fort Union, located on the present Montana-North Dakota border, was a trading post established by the American Fur Company in the late 1820s. This print was part of "Travels in the Interior of North America" by Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied.