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Fine art engraving nineteenth-century engraving titled Stump Speaking.
Key Facts About the Artwork
• Artist: The composition was originally created as an oil painting by the renowned American genre painter George Caleb Bingham between 1853 and 1854.
• Engraver: This specific print version was executed by French engraver Louis-Adolphe Gautier.
• Publication: It was published in 1856 by the art dealership and publishing firm Goupil & Co. in New York and Paris.
Context and Meaning
This work is part of Bingham's famous antebellum Election Series, which visually chronicled American democracy, frontier politics, and universal white male suffrage during the 1850s. The scene illustrates an open-air political gathering in rural Missouri, where a politician in a light suit addresses an attentive audience while an opposing candidate sits behind him taking notes to prepare a rebuttal. |
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