# Fur Traders Descending the Missouri

**George Caleb Bingham** (American, 1811–1879)  
1845  
Oil on canvas  
29 x 36 1/2 in. (73.7 x 92.7 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 33.61. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10159).

## About this work

George Caleb Bingham painted this in 1845, aged 34. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [George Caleb Bingham](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/george-caleb-bingham)

American, 1811–1879; born in Augusta County, Virginia; died in Kansas City, Missouri

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: American
- The artist was 34
- Real size: about 29 × 36 in (74 × 93 cm). The original is larger than our largest print, 20 × 30 in, so every print is a reduction.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Romanticism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/romanticism)
- Subjects: Human Figures, Men, Cats, Rivers, Boats
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/805.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/805/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/fur-traders-descending-the-missouri-met-10159).