A Blackfoot Indian on horse-back Postcard

From 1843 aquatint print from engraving by "Beyer" – Published by Ackerman and Co., London Original painting by Karl Bodmer done in August or September 1833 at Fort McKenzie in Montana. Bodmer is best known in the United States as a painter who captured the American West of the 19th century with extremely accurate depictions of its inhabitants. He accompanied German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied from 1832 through 1834 on his Missouri River expedition. He was hired as an artist by Maximilian with the specific intent of travelling through the American West and recording images of cities, rivers, towns and people they saw along the way, including many images of Native Americans along the Missouri and that region.