# Mississippi Boatman

- By: George Caleb Bingham (American, 1811 - 1879)
- Date: 1850
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 61.3 x 43.7 cm (24 1/8 x 17 3/16 in.) ; framed: 78.11 × 60.33 × 8.89 cm (30 3/4 × 23 3/4 × 3 1/2 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: John Wilmerding Collection
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.126127.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/6985c8d3-954e-44ea-9821-a4809182ae80/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)