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Bodmer's America

About the Edition

The History of Karl Bodmer's Illustrations and the Production of Bodmer's America by
Alecto Historical Editions, in Association with the
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

	The Expedition In 1833, a German prince and a Swiss artist stepped aboard a paddle steamer on the Missouri River in St Louis, and headed upstream, bound for parts unknown.

	The Results Illustration - Detail from Tableaux 48

	The New Edition The new edition comprises all of Bodmer's best work, each struck from the priceless original engraved plates

	Edition Details Illustration - Detail from Tableau 48

	Presentation & Specifications The eighty-one engravings are presented in five folios with separate title sheets, within a Solander case 29 1/2 x 24 x 3 7/8 inches (750 x 610 x 98mm)

	Cleaning The Plate Before printing, the plate is carefully cleaned to remove surface blemishes and ink and dirt trapped in the lines.

	Inking Up The plate is inked by hand, the printer working the correct colours into different areas of the plate with a twist of cloth or 'dolly'.

	The Printing Studio ...the plate is placed on the bed of the rolling press and covered with a sheet of the heavyweight paper specially made for this publication.

	Lifting a Print from the Press After each passage through the press, the plate is cleaned and re-inked for the next impression.

	Hand-Colouring the Print When the print is dry, every millimetre of the printed image is hand-coloured with water colour paint.

	The Colouring Studio Each print is hand-coloured by one artist, working to the master proof approved by David Hunt, Curator of the Center for Western Art at the Joslyn Art Museum.

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