Face to face with voters: Bingham's Country Politician

George Caleb Bingham, Country Politician, 1849, oil on canvas, 51.8 x 61cm (Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco).
Speakers: Emily Jennings, Director of School and Family Programs, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Steven Zucker
A Seeing America video

[@GrahambertusJosepha]

I love this! I work at the deYoung and FAMSF and love this channel so it’s really exciting to see one of these videos about a painting in our collection. I hope to see more!

[@Sasha0927]

Missouri used to be the "west" and before that, the US as a whole was part of a "New World." It's amazing how perception changes with knowledge.
The (literal) fat cat tickles me. He reminds me of that rotund, jolly archetype more than some powerhouse tycoon.
I loved Dr. Zucker's interpretation at the end - it is a circus indeed and I'm sure that of all the things Bingham could've put on that wall, he chose a circus for cause.