[Thomas Eakins and John Laurie Wallace on a Beach]
Thomas Eakins
ca. 1883
![[Thomas Eakins and John Laurie Wallace on a Beach] by Thomas Eakins](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/thomas-eakins-and-john-laurie-wallace-on-a-beach-271890.webp)
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
25.5 x 20.4 cm (10 1/16 x 8 1/16 in.), irregular
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1943
Accession Number
43.87.23
Tags
Male NudesBoats
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...