[Thomas Eakins in Swim Suit]
Thomas Eakins
1880s
![[Thomas Eakins in Swim Suit] by Thomas Eakins](https://images.artheonmuseum.org/met/ph/thumb/thomas-eakins-in-swim-suit-271869.webp)
Medium
Albumen silver print
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Charles Bregler, 1944
Accession Number
44.75.11
Tags
Men
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...