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Arkansas Traveler

Arkansas Traveler may have several meanings:*"The Arkansas Traveler" , a fiddle tune by Sanford Faulkner*Arkansas Traveler , an 1858 painting by Edward Payson Washburn*Arkansas Traveler made by the Southwest Manufacturing Co...

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The Arkansas Traveller (1858) is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 painting

Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...

 by Edward Payson Washburn

Edward Washburn

Edward Payson Washburn American artist, son of Indian missionary Cephas Washburn. He is best known for painting The Arkansas Traveller which was lithographed by Currier & Ives and became a popular print....

 depicting an encounter between a wealthy traveler and a family of squatters. The painting was created just south of the town of Russellville, Arkansas

Russellville, Arkansas

Russellville is the county seat and largest city in Pope County, Arkansas, United States, with a population of 27,920, according to the 2010 Census. It is home to Arkansas Tech University and Arkansas Nuclear One, Arkansas' only nuclear power plant...

 at the Washburn family homestead

Homestead (buildings)

A homestead is either a single building, or collection of buildings grouped together on a large agricultural holding, such as a ranch, station or a large agricultural operation of some other designation.-See also:* Farm house* Homestead Act...

 site. The Washburn cemetery, near the homestead site, still exists today.

The painting was widely distributed and printed as a Currier & Ives lithograph. It was inspired by the humorous song of the same name by Colonel Sanford 'Sandy' Faulkner

Sanford Faulkner

Colonel Sanford C. 'Sandy' Faulkner was an American teller of tall tales, fiddle player, and composer of the popular fiddle tune "The Arkansas Traveler", which was the State song of Arkansas from 1949–1963....

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