Edward Payson Washburn (1831 – March 26, 1860) was an American painter, son of Indian missionary Cephas Washburn. He is best known for his 1856 work, The Arkansas Traveller.
The Arkansas Traveller. Scene in the Back Woods of Arkansas, lithograph by Currier and Ives, 1870
Edward Payson Washburn painted the image of the "Arkansas Traveler" from a story he heard from ColonelSandford C. Faulkner. Supposedly occurring on the campaign trail in Arkansas in 1840, Colonel Faulkner's humorous story ends with a fiddle playing squatter being won over by the traveler (man on horse in image).
The painting was later a basis of engravings by Leopold Grozelier of Boston in 1859, and Currier and Ives of New York City about 1870, with a sample from the Arkansas Traveler tune. In addition to the painting and prints, the story of the Arkansas Traveler was also turned into a tune, dialogue and play.
It was created just south of the town of Russellville, Arkansas, at the Washburn family homestead site. Washburn cemetery, near the old homestead, still exists today. The painting was widely distributed as a Currier & Iveslithograph. It was inspired by the composition of the same name by Colonel Sanford C. Faulkner (1806–1874).[1]
^Fellone, Frank (June 21, 2015). "Things of the past: Artifacts tell stories of makers and the state". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved December 17, 2019.
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