The Arkansas Traveller : Scene in the Back Woods of Arkansas

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The Arkansas Traveller : Scene in the Back Woods of Arkansas
The Arkansas Traveller : Scene in the Back Woods of Arkansas
Artist/Maker (American)
Artist/Maker (American, 1831 - 1860)
Publisher (American, 1857 - 1907)
Datepublished 1870
MediumHand-colored lithograph on paper
DimensionsComposition: 8 in. × 12 1/2 in. (20.3 × 31.8 cm) Sheet: 13 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (34.3 × 44.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams, Class of 1891
Object number1959.7
Not on view
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Exhibition History 1988
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "America on the Move," January 9 - February 21, 1988 (no cat.).

1984
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. "Art of Music," April 7 - June 3, 1984 (no cat.).

1963
Utica, NY. Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute, Museum of Art, Auditorium Gallery. January 13 - February 10, 1963 (no cat.).
Provenance 1959: Hamilton College by bequest of Samuel Hopkins Adams


Published References Frederick A. Conningham, CURRIER & IVES PRINTS: AN ILLUSTRATED CHECKLIST (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983), no. 270
Signature Signed in typeset at lower left: PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES
Inscribed Entitled at lower center: THE ARKANSAS TRAVELLER / SCENE IN THE BACK WOODS OF ARKANSAS.; inscribed in typeset at lower left: PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES; in typeset at lower right: 125 NASSAU ST. NEW YORK; in typeset at lower center: ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1870, BY CURRIER & IVES IN THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK / TRAVELLER, _TO SQUATTER, _ CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME REFRESHMENTS AND A NIGHTS LODGING?_SQUATTER TO SIR?_HAVEN'T GOT ANY ROOM, NOTHIN TO EAT (FIDDLES AWAY)_TRAVELLER_ / WHERE DOES THIS ROAD GO TO?_ _ SQUATTER, _IT DON'T GO ANYWHERE, IT STAYS HERE, _(STILL FIDDLING)_TRAVELLER,_WHY DON'T YOU PLAY THE REST OF THAT TUNE? SQUATTER._ DONT KNOW IT._ / TRAVELLER., _HERE GIVE ME THE FIDDLE_PLAYS.; in pencil at lower left corner: 15; inscribed on verso in pencil at upper right: [C. (or G?) C(orG?)rinkendoll/ [illegible]/ [illegible]; in pencil on verso at center: Black & gilt; in pencil on verso at lower left: HC 180 80; in pencil on verso at lower right: OPS
The Turn of the Tune: Traveller playing the "Arkansas Traveller."
The Turn of the Tune: Traveller playing the "Arkansas Traveller."
John Cameron
Date: published 1870
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.88
Prisoners working in the Cummins Unit or farm area of the Arkansas State Penitentiary in 1968. The scandal of this Arkansas historical penitentiary inspired the making of the 1980 movie Brubaker, Cummins, Arkansas
Prisoners working in the Cummins Unit or farm area of the Arkansas State Penitentiary in 1968. The scandal of this Arkansas historical penitentiary inspired the making of the 1980 movie Brubaker, Cummins, Arkansas
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.242
Portrait of a prisoner working in the Cummins Unit of farm area of Arkansas State Penitentiary in 1968. The scandal of this Arkansas historical penitentiary inspired the making of the 1980 movie Brubaker, Cummins Arkansas
Portrait of a prisoner working in the Cummins Unit of farm area of Arkansas State Penitentiary in 1968. The scandal of this Arkansas historical penitentiary inspired the making of the 1980 movie Brubaker, Cummins Arkansas
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.243
Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raise their own pigs. Close up of a prisoner showing in his wallet the portrait of the former Superintendent O. E. Bishop, Cummins, Arkansas
Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raise their own pigs. Close up of a prisoner showing in his wallet the portrait of the former Superintendent O. E. Bishop, Cummins, Arkansas
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.239
Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raise their own pigs. Close up of a young white prisoner, Cummins, Arkansas
Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raise their own pigs. Close up of a young white prisoner, Cummins, Arkansas
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.240
Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raise their own pigs. Serving the prisoners food, Cummins, Arkansas
Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary. The corruption scandal of the historical penitentiary inspired the 1980 film Brubaker, which chronicled the warden's inside investigation into the corrupt southern prison system. The prison raise their own pigs. Serving the prisoners food, Cummins, Arkansas
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.241
Prisoners working in the Cummins Unit or farm area of the Arkansas State Penitentiary fighting, Cummins, Arkansas
Prisoners working in the Cummins Unit or farm area of the Arkansas State Penitentiary fighting, Cummins, Arkansas
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.244
Prisoners working in the Cummins Unit or farm area of the Arkansas State Penitentiary fighting, Cummins, Arkansas
Prisoners working in the Cummins Unit or farm area of the Arkansas State Penitentiary fighting, Cummins, Arkansas
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.245
Using my presence, a prisoner tries to start some disturbance. He is subdued by a guard in the Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary, Cummins, Arkansas
Using my presence, a prisoner tries to start some disturbance. He is subdued by a guard in the Cummins unit of Arkansas State Penitentiary, Cummins, Arkansas
Jean-Pierre Laffont
Date: February 3, 1968
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.246
Morning in the Woods
Morning in the Woods
Currier & Ives
Date: published 1865
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.57
Deer Shooting: In the Northern Woods
Deer Shooting: In the Northern Woods
Currier & Ives
Date: unknown
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.29
American Railroad Scene. Snow Bound
American Railroad Scene. Snow Bound
Currier & Ives
Date: Publ. 1871
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph on paper
Object number: 1959.6