George Caleb Bingham's Pitching Quoits shows a group of men in work clothes and boots gathered in a dirt clearing. A loaded wagon stands at left, a rough wooden shed at right, and a stout man with a seated companion occupy the center. Tall trees frame the rural yard. Bingham, a painter of Missouri frontier life and county politics, gives the scene the plain, observant character of a mid-19th-century genre picture. The men are playing quoits, a ring-toss game related to horseshoes.
Wide white border around the image; blue staining/tape residue at the top left and top right corners; monochrome halftone reproduction of an artwork, no printed text on front.
No postmark. Divided-back card printed by The Meriden Gravure Company, Meriden, Conn.; reproduction of George Caleb Bingham's "Pitching Quoits" from the City Art Museum, St. Louis. Dealer marks in blue ink (H/1) and pencil (#59) on the back; no message or address. White border around the picture.
Cite this card
Pitching Quoits by George Caleb Bingham, St. Louis, circa 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pitching-quoits-by-george-caleb-bingham-st-louis-circa-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.
