[Three Children and a Dog Playing in the Creek, July 4, 1883]
Thomas Eakins
1883
Medium
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
8.9 x 11.2 cm (3 1/2 x 4 7/16 in.)
Classification
Photographs
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Robert D. English, 1985
Accession Number
1985.1027.43
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...