BODMER, Karl (1809 1893), Washinga Sahba's Grave on Blackbird's Hills, Vig. XII (State 3) Artists_Henry Eldridge turned away from the seas 11_2023_500blast turned away from the seas and toward the interior Based on the meticulous surveys of polymath Georg Marcgraf and enriched with vignettes drawn from the work of Frans Post—the first European artist to depict landscapes of the Americas—this 1652 edition marks a pivotal moment in the scientific and artistic documentation of South America Karl Bodmer was a little known Swiss painter when he was chosen by Prince Maximilian of Prussia to accompany his voyage to America The Bodmer Maximilian collaboration produced a record of their expedition that is incontestably the finest early graphic study of the Plains tribes