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[BINGHAM, George Caleb (1811–1879)]. Stump Speaking. New York: Fishel, Adler and Schwartz, 1856.
Hand–colored aquatint and mezzotint engraving (image 559 x 762 mm) by Louis Adolphe Gautier after the painting by Bingham. Framed and matted, overall (819 x 984 mm). Not examined out of frame.
SECOND EDITION published the same year as the first. Stump Speaking is the second (of three) in George Caleb Bingham’s famed series of American election scenes, painted by the Missouri artist from 1853–54. It is preceded by The County Election (painted in 1852) and followed by The Verdict of the People (painted in 1854–55). The first edition of this print was published by Goupil & Co. (New York and Paris) in 1856. Later that same year, publication rights were taken over by Fishel, Adler, & Schwartz (New York) and published with their imprint. Bloch, Bingham Raisonné 273; Peters, America on Stone pp. 197–98.