Louis-Adolphe Gautier
Stump Speaking

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Artist Louis-Adolphe GautierFrench, active 1847–1876

Artistafter George Caleb Bingham American, 1811–1879

PublisherPublished by Fishel, Adler & Schwartz, New Yorkactive 19th century

CultureAmerican

Titles

Stump Speaking

Date1856

Printed inNew York, New York, United States

MediumStipple engraving and etching, printed chine collé, on wove paper, proof before lettering

DimensionsPlate: 22 1/8 × 30 in. (56.1 × 76.2 cm)
Sheet: 27 1/2 × 35 1/2 in. (69.9 × 90.2 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by the Joe M. Green Memorial Fund and various donors; with additional funds provided by Miss Ima Hogg, Mr. and Mrs. Richard N. Gould, Anne Rowland, David B. Smith, Rogers Clark Caldwell, Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Jameson, Phyllis and Charles Tucker, Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Caldwell, Fred M. Nevill, and Charlotte Sittig, all by exchange

Object numberB.2013.9

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DescriptionBased on a painting of 1853–54, Stump Speaking presents a distinct moment in the American political process—a candidate’s direct appeal to the voters—at a time when the Whig and Democratic parties were at the center of American politics. Whigs tended to oppose Jacksonian Democratic policies and supported a governmental role in national financial policy; the party disintegrated after the middle of the century over disagreements concerning the spread of slavery into the territories.
Provenance[The Philadelphia Print Shop West, Denver, Colorado]; purchased by MFAH, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, left: PAINTED BY G. C. BINGHAM

Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, center: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856. by Geo. C. Bingham Esqre., in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the southern District of New York / NEW YORK - PUBLISHED BY FISHEL, ADLER & SCHWARTS 94 FULTON ST.

Recto: Inscribed in printed ink, below plate, right: ENGRAVED BY GAUTIER

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