
Relocated Portraits
Since 1998, after learning that nearly 100 of George Caleb Bingham’s portraits were “lost,” Fine Art Investigations’ Patricia Moss began a search for them. The number of relocated George Caleb Bingham portraits currently numbers nearly 70. You can see some of the found portraits in the slide show below.
Some of the Stories of Found George Caleb Bingham Portraits
Dinah Ayers Trigg
1835

George Caleb Bingham
Mrs Shubael Allen (Dinah Ayres Trigg), 1835
Courtesy of Kenneth B. and Cynthia McClain Collection Jackson County Art Museum Independence, Missouri
Matilda Donohoe Aull
1837-1838

George Caleb Bingham
Matilda Donohoe (Mrs Robert Aull), 1837/1838
Oil on canvas, 26 x 22 inches Private Collection
Thomas Hoyle Mastin
1871

George Caleb Bingham
Thomas Hoyle Mastin, 1871
Oil on Canvas, 41.5 x 33.5 inchesKenneth B. and Cynthia McClain CollectionJackson County Art Museum Independence, Missouri (Before Conservation)

George Caleb Bingham
Thomas Hoyle Mastin, 1871
Oil on Canvas, 41.5 x 33.5 inches
Sarah Harris Rodes (Mrs. Anthony Wayne Rollins)
1834-1856

George Caleb Bingham
Sarah (Sallie) Harris Rodes (Mrs. Anthony Wayne Rollins), 1834
Oil on canvas, 28 x 23 inches Private Collection

George Caleb Bingham
Sarah (Sallie) Harris Rodes (Mrs. Anthony Wayne Rollins), 1837
Oil on Canvas, 29 x 24 inchesCourtesy of Private Owner

George Caleb Bingham
Sarah (Sallie) Harris Rodes (Mrs. Anthony Wayne Rollins),, After 1850
Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches, Private Collection. Photo by Patricia Moss

George Caleb Bingham
Sarah (Sallie) Harris Rodes (Mrs. Anthony Wayne Rollins), circa 1855/1856
Courtesy of McClain Collection, Jackson County Art Museum, Independence, Missouri
Captain David McClanahan Hickman
1849

George Caleb Bingham
Captain David McClanahan Hickman, ca. 1849
Oil on Canvas, 30 x 25 inches
Private Collection
Captain David McClanahan Hickman was important to the development of central Missouri. He was also related by marriage to George Caleb Bingham. Finding the portrait took ten years.
If you know of any George Caleb Bingham portraits not currently recorded, please contact Fine Art Investigations.