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Elizabeth Carpenter Griffin

circa 1860
oil on canvas
40 x 32 1/4 inches

Hunter Museum of American Art

Chattanooga, TN

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Fur Traders Descending the Missouri

1845
oil on canvas
29 x 36 1/2 in. (73.7 x 92.7 cm)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, NY

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General Francis Preston Blair, Jr.

1871
oil on canvas
34 x 26 5/16 in. (86.4 x 66.9 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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John R. Griffin

circa 1860
oil on canvas
40 x 32 1/4 inches

Hunter Museum of American Art

Chattanooga, TN

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Landscape with Fisherman

1850
oil on canvas
25 x 30"

Colby College Museum of Art

Waterville, ME

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Mississippi Boatman

1850
oil on canvas
24 1/8 x 17 3/16 in. (61.3 x 43.7 cm)

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C.

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rgo, and cities and towns were replacing the more rambunctious trading posts. Although eastern audiences still viewed Bingham's characters as archetypes of the frontier--rugged individuals willing to make their living on the fringes of civilized society--in reality, by mid-century the golden era of the flatboatmen was drawing to a close.
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Shooting for the Beef

1850
oil on canvas
33 3/8 x 49 in. (84.8 x 124.5 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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The Checker Players

1850
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. 63.5 x 76.2 cm Framed: 30 1/2 x 35 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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The Trappers' Return

1851
oil on canvas
26 1/4 x 36 1/4 in. (66.7 x 92.1 cm) Framed: 31 1/4 x 41 1/16 x 2 3/4 in.

Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI

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