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Show 110 expedition. During those first months Bodmer finished the watercolors; he probably also repainted several of them. This may explain why there are duplicates in The Newberry Library's Ayer collection, which were purchased at the Bodmer estate sale in Paris in 1894.38 However, Bodmer did not confine his activities to these paintings. He also renewed his contact with the Coblenz publisher Jacob Holscher, who had handled Bodmer's work since 1829, when Holscher had begun publishing Rhineland albums and single artistic views of Bodmer's design. Between the years 1790 and 1840 well over one hundred twenty travelbooks about the Rhineland were published.39 it was lucrative employment for a young artist, and Bodmer was easily drawn back into the work of producing these views, for which there was ready demand. From 1829 until Bodmer left with Maximilian's expedition, he had produced numerous paintings of the valleys of the Rhine and Mosel rivers, which were then reproduced as etchings for the albums tourists loved to collect as mementos of their travels. During this time Bodmer produced enough drawings and paintings of such picturesque landscapes to publish several books. This early work included twenty-four designs, etched by his brother Rudolf, which Holscher published in an album and issued in fascicles beginning in 1831, Malerische Ansichten der Mosel von Trier bis Coblenz. Souvenirs d'Ems. another album etched by Rudolf, was published in 1832 by Karl Baedecker, whose now-famous publishing house was also located in Coblenz. A third album, Malerische Ansichten von Nassau & Lahnstein. a further collaboration with his brother, was published by Holscher between |
