KARL BODMER (Swiss 1809-1893) "New Harmony" (Tab. 2 from Travels in the Interior of North America) Hand colored engraving with aquatint. Plate: 15 3/8 x 21 3/8 inches; Sheet: 19 5/8 x 25 1/2 inches; Mat: 20 5/8 x 26 3/8 inches. Annotated in the bottom margin; published by Ackermann & Co, London. CONDITION: In overall good condition. The sheet is not laid down but is tacked with tape on all four corners to a makeshift mat. The sheet is in good repair with no visible abrasions or areas of missing paper. The impression is strong and the colors are bright. The paper has been exposed to moisture at some point, the sheet is wavy on the edges. Discoloration in the clouds in the upper right quadrant. This piece is presented unframed but would most definitely benefit from being framed. Bodmer was hired as an artist by German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwiedin order to accompany his expedition and record images of cities, rivers, towns and peoples they saw along the way, including the many tribes of Native Americans along the Missouri River and in that region. Bodmer had 81 aquatints made from his work to illustrate Prince Maximilian's book entitled Maximilian Prince of Wied's Travels in the Interior of North America (1839-1841 in German/published in English translation in 1843-1844).