Portraits by George Caleb Bingham - The State Historical Society of Missouri

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Barr, Miss Mary Eliza (Mary Singleton)
Barr, Robert Steele
Black, Francis Marion (Judge)
Doniphan, Alexander William
Doniphan, Alexander William, Jr. (attributed)
Doniphan, Elizabeth Jane Thornton (Mrs. Alexander William)
Doniphan, John Thornton (attributed)
Guitar, Odon (Brigadier General)
Hardeman, John Locke
Harris, John Woods
Shannon, James
Switzler, Mary Jane Royal (Mrs. William F.)
Shelby, J. O. (General)
Smith, Jeremiah Byers
Stephens, Amelia Hockaday (Mrs. James Leachman)
Stephens, James Leachman
Wyan, Jacob Fortnay
Wyan, Nancy Shanks

The State Historical Society of Missouri > Art Collection > George Caleb Bingham > Portrait Gallery

photo of George Caleb Bingham

The Society's art collection holds portraits of well-known Missourians painted by George Caleb Bingham. Select one of the individuals listed at left to continue in the gallery of the portraits with brief biographical essays on some individuals. The paintings are generally available for reproduction.

Help Support the purchase of The Thread of Life, a personal picture painted by Bingham for his family.

We are conducting a fundraising campaign to defray the cost of the painting.