William H. Macdowell
Thomas Eakins
1884
Medium
platinum print
Dimensions
image: 21.1 × 13.4 cm (8 5/16 × 5 1/4 in.) mount: 31 × 19.4 cm (12 3/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Robert B. Menschel and the Vital Projects Fund
Accession Number
2016.173.1
Rights
Public Domain
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...