Fur Traders Descending the Missouri

George Caleb Bingham

1845 · Oil on canvas · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Fur Traders Descending the Missouri

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About this work

Artist: George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879)
Year: 1845
Medium: Oil on canvas
Original size: 73.7 × 92.7 cm
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Movement: Luminism

A French trader in a red cap and his son lean on a bundle of furs in a dugout canoe gliding down the Missouri River in the morning mist, a chained black animal, perhaps a fox cub, sitting in the bow. Bingham sent it to the American Art-Union in New York in 1845 under the title French-Trader, Half-breed Son, and its still, golden light makes it one of the best-known images of the American frontier. It is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This print reproduces the whole work, uncropped, from a high-resolution scan of the original. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

A still, golden river scene for a study, living room or lake house in a dark wood frame. It suits warm white, sage or soft gold walls.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Luminism painting
Era: 19th century (1845)
Orientation: Landscape
Mood: classic
Rooms: living room, study or library, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. Prints at 16×12, 24×18 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard.

Framing. The gallery ground is part of the print, so frame it without a mat — dark wood flatters the lighter palette; black sharpens it.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original painting — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 16×12, 24×18 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or dark wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The image fills the print at the painting's own proportions; nothing is trimmed to fit a frame.

Is Fur Traders Descending the Missouri in the public domain?

Yes. George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 16×12 and 24×18 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or dark wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Fur Traders Descending the Missouri painted, and in what medium?

Fur Traders Descending the Missouri dates from 1845 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 73.7 × 92.7 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×18 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×12 suits a narrower wall or a pair. It is a landscape print, wider than it is tall, at the painting's own proportions.

About this design

Fur Traders Descending the Missouri (George Caleb Bingham) — Fur Traders Descending the Missouri · George Caleb Bingham · 1845. This is a fine-art reproduction of a public-domain masterwork, shown whole and uncropped on a gallery ground, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or dark wood. Part of the Madten Fine Art Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

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