The State Historical Society of Missouri

Famous Missouri Artists

George Caleb Bingham (1811 – 1879)

Artwork in the Art Collection

The State Historical Society of Missouri owns one of the largest public collections of Bingham works in the United States.

Paintings

Portraits
  • Jeremiah Byers Smith, c. 1833-1834
  • John Woods Harris, 1837
  • Miss Mary Eliza Barr (Singleton), 1837
  • Robert Steele Barr, 1837
  • Thomas Miller, c. 1837
  • Jacob Fortney Wyan, late 1830s
  • Mrs. Jacob Fortney Wyan (Nancy Shanks), c. 1845
  • Mrs. William F. Switzler (Mary Jane Royall), 1849
  • General Alexander William Doniphan, c. 1850
  • Mrs. Alexander William Doniphan (Elizabeth Jane Thornton), c. 1850
  • Robert Eaton Acock, 1852
  • James Leachman Stephens, ca. 1852
  • Mrs. James Leachman Stephens (Amelia Hockaday), c. 1852
  • Elijah Stephens, 1855
  • Mrs. Elijah Stephens (Patsy Renfro), 1855
  • John Locke Hardeman, 1855-56
  • James Shannon, c. 1855-56
  • Thomas Jefferson, 1856
  • General Thomas Lawson Price, 1859/1860
  • Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander Von Humboldt, 1860
  • Brigadier General Odon Guitar, c. 1860
  • John Thornton Doniphan (attributed), after 1860
  • Alexander William Doniphan Jr. (attributed), after 1860
  • Albert Gallatin Newman, c. 1870
  • Mrs. Albert Gallatin Newman (Minerva Hays), ca. 1870
  • Col. James Thomas Carson, after 1870
  • Major James S. Rollins, 1871
  • Miss Vinnie Ream, 1876
  • Judge Francis Marion Black, c. 1878
  • General Joseph O. Shelby (attributed), n.d.
Landscape/Genre/Historical
Allegorical
  • The Thread of Life, ca. 1862

Drawings and Sketches

  • Figure studies, #1
  • Figure studies, #2
  • Figure studies, #3
  • Rollins Residence
  • Seated Girl
  • Study of a cow
  • Study, head of cow
  • Untitled sketch, standing nude
  • Untitled sketch, reclining nude
  • Untitled study, Christ Appearing to His Mother
  • Untitled study, Virgin for Christ Appearing to His Mother, #1.
  • Untitled study, Virgin for Christ Appearing to His Mother, #2

Prints

  • Jolly Flat Boat Men, 1847 (Engraved by Thomas Doney)
  • In a Quandary: Mississippi Boatmen Playing Cards, 1852 (Engraved by Claude Régnier)
  • Canvassing for a Vote, 1853 (Engraved by Claude Régnier)
  • County Election, 1854 (Engraved by John Sartain)
  • Verdict of the People, 1854/1855 (Engraver unknown)
  • Stump Speaking, 1856 (Engraved by John Sartain)
  • Martial Law, or Order No. 11, 1872, and the original steel engraving plate (Engraved by John Sartain)

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