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Boatman, for "Lighter Relieving a Steamboat Aground" 1847, and possible study for "Watching the Cargo by Night" 1854, with alterations

George Caleb Bingham American

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Boatman, for "Lighter Relieving a Steamboat Aground" 1847, and possible study for "Watching the Cargo by Night" 1854, with alterations, George Caleb Bingham (American, Augusta County, Virginia 1811–1879 Kansas City, Missouri), Brush, black ink, and wash over pencil on cream wove paper, American

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