Rear Admiral George W. Melville
1905
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 101.6 x 68.5 cm (40 x 26 15/16 in.) framed: 115.6 x 82.6 x 5.1 cm (45 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift (Partial and Promised) of Senator and Mrs. H. John Heinz III, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Accession Number
1991.33.1
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...