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Navigating the West: George Caleb Bingham and the River

At The Met Fifth Avenue
June 17–September 20, 2015

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John J. Egan's Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley


Sunday at the Met—Navigating the West: Caleb Bingham and the River


Navigating the West: Caleb Bingham and the River

George Caleb Bingham (American, 1811–1879). Fur Traders Descending the Missouri (detail), 1845. Oil on canvas; 29 x 36 1/2 in. (73.7 x 92.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1933 (33.61)