The Jolly Flat-Boat Men
This small etching served as a frontispiece for the American Art-Union's "Transactions" (see 24.66.338 for a copy of the pamphet). It advertized the work chosen in 1846 to be engraved on a large scale for subscriber-members–George Caleb Bingham's "The Jolly Flat Boat Men." For an impression of Thomas Doney'a print, published and distributed in 1847, see 42.119.68.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Jolly Flat-Boat Men
- Artist: After George Caleb Bingham (American, Augusta County, Virginia 1811–1879 Kansas City, Missouri)
- Publisher: American Art-Union, New York (1838–51)
- Date: 1846
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/8 × 7 1/16 in. (13 × 18 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Harriet McDonald, 1941
- Object Number: 41.91.75
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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