Fur Traders Descending the Missouri

George Caleb Bingham, Fur Traders Descending the Missouri, 1845. Oil on canvas, 73.7 × 92.7 cm.

From Canoes: A Natural History in North America by Mark Neuzil and Norman Sims

The fur trade extended farther south into the United States as the decades rolled by and game became harder to come by in the northern climates. At the time of this painting, Bingham was living in St. Louis, which had become a trading center in America. He originally titled it French Trader, Half-Breed Son (which recognized the fact that trappers married native women) but the title was thought controversial and it was renamed when it was first exhibited.
Creator	Bingham, George Caleb
Subjects	Regional Studies Cultural Studies History Literature Native American Studies
Date	1845
Related Section	Chapter 3: The Fur Trade
Keywords	fur trade painting birch bark voyageur
Content Type	painting
Citable Link	Citable Link

Copyright Holder	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Copyright Status	public domain
Rights Granted	non-exclusive, world-wide, perpetual
Credit Line	Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Morris K. Jessup Fund, 33.61.
Holding Contact	Metropolitan Museum of Art

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