Fine art Edward Payson Washburn was one of the best-known artists in Arkansas during the
Antebellum-era. He painted "Arkansas Traveler" in 1856 based on the story he heard from Faulkner. The painting went on to inspire a series of prints, in 1859, Leopold Grozelier created a lithograph of the Washburn painting; and in 1870,
Currier and Ives created two lithographs of the Washburn painting. File:The Arkansas Traveller. Designed by one of the natives and dedicated to Col. S. C. Faulkner, 1859.jpg|alt=Lithograph from 1859 after a painting by Edward P. Washburn, lithographed by Leopold Grozelier|Lithograph from 1859 by Leopold Grozelier, after the painting Washburn File:The Arkansas Traveler. Scene in the Back Woods of Arkansas. Currier and Ives, 1870.jpg|Lithography from 1870 by
Currier and Ives after the painting Washburn File:The Turn of the Tune. Traveller Playing the Arkansas Traveller. Currier and Ives, 1870.jpg|Lithography from 1870 by
Currier and Ives after the painting Washburn
Vaudeville stage "The Arkansas Traveler" was a popular comedy sketch on the
vaudeville circuit.
Jerry Garcia and
David Grisman also do a version on their 1993 album
Not for Kids Only.
Film "The Arkansas Traveler" was frequently featured in
animated cartoons in the 1930s and 1940s, most prolifically by
Carl Stalling in music he composed for the
Merrie Melodies and
Looney Tunes series. It usually was played, sloppily, when a
yokel,
hillbilly, or "country bumpkin" character would appear on screen. A slow version of the "Bringing home a baby bumble-bee" version is sung by
Beaky Buzzard in the short
The Bashful Buzzard. The popularity and joyfulness of "The Arkansas Traveler" was attested to in the 1932 Academy Award-winning
Laurel and Hardy short,
The Music Box. In this film, the boys labored to haul a player piano up a long flight of stairs and into a house through a bedroom window. Near the conclusion of their adventure, as they are starting to clean up the mess surrounding the newly installed piano, Stan and Ollie play a roll of "Patriotic Melodies". They dance with much grace and amusement to "The Arkansas Traveler", followed briefly by "
Dixie".
Marvin Hatley, who composed Laurel and Hardy's "Cuckoo" theme song, was the pianist for this sequence; the player piano was not real.
Arkansas Traveler award The Arkansas Traveler Award, is an honorary title bestowed by the state on notable individuals who, through their actions serve as goodwill ambassadors for the state of Arkansas in the United States. == Reception ==