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Show 52 sketches. The area of the aquatint now occupied by this figure was not weak, and insertion of this figure into this first state does not add to the artistic composition. The insertion does add to the information, however, and all of the participants recorded in the original sketches of the ceremony have been accounted for. Exceptions to the Rule: Nothing is Perfect Anomalies observed through the comparisons Some mention must now be made of the other two unidentified foreground figures of the aquatint. Neither of these figures was reproduced from any Mandan or Minnetaree portrait in Bodmer's portfolio and insertion of both must be considered strictly compositional. The first of these "pseudo-portrait" figures crouches in the middle foreground at the center of the image. While none of the portraits in Bodmer's portfolio were used for this figure, very few figures in any of his aquatints were total inventions. Thus, it is not unreasonable to suppose that in constructing this figure other rear-view sketches in his portfolio were referred to. No direct references in Maximilian's personal collection of Bodmer's sketches have been found. However, there are several possible references in sketches executed by Bodmer after his return to Europe. The first possible reference is that of the central figure in a sketch of the Minnetaree village in winter now held by The Newberry Library.31 This same figure was reproduced directly into Tableau 26, Winter Village of the Minatarres. Some points of similarity exist between this figure and the unidentified figure in Tableau 27, including the extension of the left foot and |