The County Election, 1854

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Medium

hand-colored etching, stipple, line engraving, and mezzotint on wove paper

Dimensions

image: 56.5 x 76 cm (22 1/4 x 29 15/16 in.)

sheet: 60.3 x 81 cm (23 3/4 x 31 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P. Smyth-Ravenel

Accession Number

2000.7.36

Artists / Makers

John Sartain (artist) American, born England, 1808 - 1897

George Caleb Bingham (artist after) American, 1811 - 1879

Image Use

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Inscription

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

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Smyth-Ravenel Fund, Gaillard F. Ravenel and Frances P.

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.