[Thomas Eakins's Dog Harry and Another Setter]
Thomas Eakins
1880s
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
8.5 x 10.4 cm (3 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of John T. Marvin, 1985
Accession Number
1985.1027.11
Tags
Dogs
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...