Edward Washburn
Edward Payson Washburn (1831 – March 26, 1860) was an American artist, son of Indian missionary Cephas Washburn. He is best known for painting The Arkansas Traveller.
Washburn died in Little Rock, Arkansas only nine days after his father. He is buried in historic Mount Holly Cemetery in downtown Little Rock.
The Arkansas Traveller
The Arkansas Traveller (1858) depicts an encounter between a wealthy traveler and a family of squatters. The painting was created just south of the town of Russellville, Arkansas at the Washburn family homestead site. The Washburn cemetery, near the homestead site, still exists today.
The painting was widely distributed and printed as a Currier & Ives lithograph. It was inspired by the humorous song of the same name by Colonel Sanford 'Sandy' Faulkner.
