Photography by Edward C. Robison III
The Jolly Flat Boat Men
ArtistGeorge Caleb Bingham, 1811–1879
Date1847
MediumHand-colored engraving and mezzotint
Dimensions23 3/8 x 27 1/2 in. (59.4 x 69.9 cm)
Mark(s)l.l.: PAINTED BY G.C. BINGHAM, ESQ.
l.r: ENGRAVED BY T. DONEY
l.r.: PRINTED BY POWELL & CO.
l.c.: THE JOLLY FLAT BOAT MEN. / From the Original painting distributed by the American Art Union in 1847 / Published exclusively for the Members of that Year
l.c.: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1847 by the American Art Union in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2006.61
ClassificationPrint
Provenance(William Reese Company, New Haven, CT); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2006
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 88× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.