The County Election
1854
Artist, American, born England, 1808 - 1897
Printer, American, active mid-19th century
Publisher, French, est. 1827 - renamed 1884
Artist After, American, 1811 - 1879
John Sartain, after George Caleb Bingham
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
hand-colored engraving and mezzotint on wove paper mounted to wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 56.2 × 76.52 cm (22 1/8 × 30 1/8 in.)
sheet: 69.22 × 85.41 cm (27 1/4 × 33 5/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2015.19.597
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Kennedy & Co., New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1953
The Printmaker's America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; American Federation of Arts Traveling Exhibition, Europe, 1953-1954
1961
Artists of the Western Frontier, American Federation of Arts Traveling Exhibition, 1961-1962, no. 12
1967
George Caleb Bingham, National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1967-1968
1981
Of Time and Place: American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1981-1983
Inscriptions
lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: A893153
text at bottom in plate: PAINTED BY G. C. BINGHAM / ENTERED ACCORDING TO THE 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 / THE COUNTY ELECTION. / PUBLISHED BY GOUPIL & CO NEW YORK-PARIS-LONDON-BERLIN / ENGRAVED BY JOHN SARTAIN. / PRINTED BY JAS. IRWIN.
Markings
embossed lower left: G C BINGHAM / ARTIST / US
Wikidata ID
Q77015146