The County Election

1854

John Sartain after George Caleb Bingham

Associated Names
John Sartain

Artist, American, born England, 1808 - 1897

George Caleb Bingham

Artist After, American, 1811 - 1879

The print features a busy outdoor scene with numerous men sitting, standing, and talking in front of a large building. The men are depicted wearing top hats, waistcoats, suspenders, and bow ties, in colors such as dark green, dark blue, red, yellow, and brown, with white shirts. The all have light skin. The men appear to be forming a long line that ends on the right on the porch of a large brown building. The men at the front of the line are all holding slips of paper, and a small blue sign hangs over the porch that reads "THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE THE SUPREME LAW." At the bottom of the print, two boys and a dog are on the dirt ground, and in the bottom left corner a seated man gets a drink from a man in an apron. In the background, there are trees, white buildings, and people on horseback under a partly cloudy blue sky.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel, Washington D.C.; gift to NGA, 2000.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2000

  • Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection (Summer 2000), National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2000.

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 28.

Inscriptions

across bottom: PAINTED BY G.C. BINGHAM / ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1854 BY G.C. BINGHAM IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK / ENGRAVED BY JOHN SARTAIN

Wikidata ID

Q75425960

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