Raftsmen Playing Cards
1847 · Oil on canvas · Saint Louis Art Museum
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This print

About this work
- Artist
- George Caleb Bingham (1811–1879)
- Year
- 1847
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 71.3 × 96.7 cm
- Collection
- Saint Louis Art Museum
- Movement
- Luminism
Rivermen play cards on a raft drifting down the Mississippi, while others watch and one poles the raft along under a hazy sky. Bingham arranged his figures in a pyramid like a classical group, giving a homely subject the gravity of history painting. It is in the Saint Louis Art Museum.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A warm river scene for a den, games room or study in a dark wood frame. It suits warm white or deep green walls and is a gift for a card player.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Luminism painting
- Era
- 19th century (1847)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- classic
- Rooms
- study or library, living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.




























