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Show 21 Notes 1. Some of Bodmer's most beautiful paintings are those of Maximilian's natural history specimens. Although none of these was reproduced for Travels, seven plates, drawn by Bodmer, were published in Maximilian's catalog of North American reptiles and amphibians, Verzeichniss der Reptilien. welche auf einer Reise im nordlichen Amerika beobachtet wurden (Dresden: E. Blockmann & Sohn, 1865). 2. Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied, Travels in the Interior of North America Translated by H. Evans Lloyd. (London: Ackermann & Co., 1843), p. 372. 3. Mandan Shrine, watercolor on paper. 10-1/4" x 7-7/8". #302, in William H. Goetzmann, David C. Hunt, Marsha V. Gallagher, and William J. Orr, Karl Bodmer's America (Lincoln: Joslyn Art Museum and University of Nebraska Press, 1984). All further citations for paintings from this book will be referred to as KBA. 4. Charles Vogel, born in Wildenfels, Saxe, in 1788; died in Munich, 1868. Vogel worked for Bodmer only through 1839. See Appendix B, Etchers, for a complete list of Travels' plates upon which Vogel worked. 5. The name of the printer Bougeard was also omitted. 6. Although there were a number of exceptions, plates for the first ten issues of Travels averaged 633 impressions each; for the last ten issues this number was reduced to an average of 533 impressions. See also note 61, Chapter Four. 7. Unidentified Figures, watercolor and pencil on paper, 5-7/8" x 8-3/8", KBA #337. 8. The simplest explanation for this awkwardness is that Vogel was less than expert in his handling of the human figure. However, VogePs work on other plates for Travels does not bear this out. Vogel had no difficulty with the human figure and reproduced many of Bodmer's portraits with great skill. 9. By the early-nineteenth century, romantic interest in the New World by Europeans had long ago shifted from North to South America, which was |