Stump Speaking (Primary Title)
Louis-Adolphe Gautier, French, active 1847 - 1876 (Artist)
After, George Caleb Bingham, American, 1811 - 1879 (Artist)
This image may be understood as a personal expression of George Caleb Bingham’s political experiences. Born in Virginia’s Augusta County, he moved with his farming family to the Missouri Territory as a young boy. It was there Bingham made his fame and fortune in painting and politics. As a largely self-taught artist, he won acclaim for his popular scenes of everyday frontier life west of the Mississippi—from renderings of the electoral process to paintings of river fur traders and boatmen. As a Whig politician (the party formed in opposition to President Andrew Jackson’s Democratic policies), Bingham served one term as a Missouri state representative in 1848. Stump Speaking suggests the rational discourse and enlightened electorate the Whigs associated with their party.
On plate below image: PAINTED BY G.C. BINGHAM Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by Geo. C. Bingham Esqre, in the Clerk's office of the District of the United States for the southern District of New York ENGRAVED BY GAUTIER / STUMP SPEAKING / This Print from the original Painting by Geo. C. Bingham Esq. is respectfully Dedicated to the Friends of American Art, by the Publishers / Goupil & Co. / NEW YORK Published by GOUPIL & CO. 366 Broadway / Printed by Goupil & Co. Paris
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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