[Two Boys Playing at the Creek, July 4, 1883]

[Two Boys Playing at the Creek, July 4, 1883] by Thomas Eakins

Medium

Albumen silver print

Dimensions

8.8 x 11.1 cm (3 7/16 x 4 3/8 in.)

Classification

Photographs

Department

Photographs

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Joseph R. Lasser and Ruth P. Lasser, 1985

Accession Number

1985.1027.42

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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