Painting
One Night on Mendota Lake, Wisconsin
| Hölzlhuber's first extensive excursion in Wisconsin was a walking tour from Madison to Prairie du Sac along the Wisconsin River. He lost his way along Lake Mendota, and "for the first time had to sleep outside." He constructed a make-shift shelter under a beech tree, and recalled a travelogue he'd read by L. Koch. On American lakes "one could hear the song of the lark or the knocking of a quail and the sweet tone of a nightingale, and I can only agree with Koch...I also heard the terrible calls of the bullfrog....then I fell asleep." Taken from Hölzlhuber's description of the scene, translated by Vera Kroner. |
| Image ID: | 28119 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1858 |
| Creator Name: | Hölzlhuber, Franz, 1826-1898 |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Franz Hölzlhuber, 1826-1898 : Sketches and associated materials, 1856-1860, 1959 |
| Genre: | Painting |
| Original Format Type: | paintings |
| Original Format Number: | PH 3131.18 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8 x 5.5 inches |
| This image is one of forty-two watercolor drawings from a sketchbook by Holzlhuber, documenting his trip to the U.S., especially to Wisconsin and Canada in 1856-1860. |
| Trees |
| Camp sites, facilities, etc. |
| Lakes |
| Shorelines |
| Rivers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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