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[Three Children and a Dog Playing in the Creek, July 4, 1883]

[Three Children and a Dog Playing in the Creek, July 4, 1883] by Thomas Eakins

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 · 18441916

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...

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