THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER, ca. 1850, lithograph
THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER, ca. 1850, lithograph after painting by Edward Payson Washbourne. The Arkansas Traveler depicts an encounter between a wealthy traveler and a family of squatters. Colonel Sanford Faulkner requested an evening's lodging from a sullen squatter playing his fiddle while refusing hospitality for lack of room and food. However, when Faulkner took the fiddle and completed playing the tune, the settler softened and offered shelter
Picture No
13125653
Media ID
45375525
Size
2700px x 2482px
(1.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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