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
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...