[Female Nude from the Back]
Thomas Eakins
ca. 1889
![[Female Nude from the Back] by Thomas Eakins](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/female-nude-from-the-back-271892.webp)
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
7.1 x 13.4 cm (2 13/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1943
Accession Number
43.87.25
Tags
Female Nudes
About the Artist
Thomas Eakins · 1844–1916
Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) was an American painter, photographer, and educator who carried 19th-century American Realism to its highest achievement. Based in Philadelphia throughout his life, he created uncompromising portraits and genre scenes that depicted American life with a scientific precision and psychological depth unprecedented in his time. Born into an educated Philadelphia family, Eakin...