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The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), 1871
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Purchase, The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment Fund and George D. Pratt Gift, 1934 (34.92)


John Biglin in a Single Scull, 1873–74
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Whitney Collections of Sporting Art, given in memory of Harry Payne Whitney, B.A. 1894, and Francis Payne Whitney, B.A. 1898, by Francis P. Garvan, B.A. 1897, M.A. (Hon.) 1922, June 2, 1932


Baseball Players Practicing, 1875
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
The Jesse Metcalf Fund and the Walter H. Kimball Fund


The Gross Clinic, 1875
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


The Dancing Lesson (Negro Boy Dancing), 1878
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Fletcher Fund, 1925 (25.97.1)


A May Morning in the Park (The Fairman Rogers Four-in-Hand), 1879–80
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of William Alexander Dick, 1930


The Pathetic Song, 1881
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Bequest of Joan Whitney Payson, 1975 (1976.201.1)


Shad Fishermen Setting the Net at Gloucester, New Jersey, 1881
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Charles Bregler's Thomas Eakins Collection, purchased with the partial support of the Pew Memorial Trust


Eakins Family and Harry at Gloucester, New Jersey, 1881
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Charles Bregler's Thomas Eakins Collection, purchased with the partial support of the Pew Memorial Trust


Shad Fishing at Gloucester on the Delaware River, 1881
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Eakins and Miss Mary Adeline Williams, 1929


Mending the Net, 1881
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Eakins and Miss Mary Adeline Williams, 1929


Two Students in Classical Costume in Eakins's Studio, ca. 1883
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1943 (43.87.17)


Thomas Eakins Carrying a Nude Woman at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1883–85
Circle of Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Charles Bregler's Thomas Eakins Collection, purchased with the partial support of the Pew Memorial Trust


Male Nudes in a Seated Tug-of-War, 1884
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
The Detroit Institute of Arts
Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund (F77.106)


Swimming, 1884–85
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
Purchased by the Friends of Art, Fort Worth Art Association, 1925; acquired by the Amon Carter Museum, 1990, from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth through grants and donations from the Amon G. Carter Foundation, the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, the Anne Burnett and Charles Tandy Foundation, Capital Cities/ABC Foundation, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The R. D. and Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation, and the people of Fort Worth, 1990


Walt Whitman, 1887–88
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
General Fund


Female Nude at the Art Students' League of Philadelphia, ca. 1889
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1943 (43.87.25)


Samuel Murray, Thomas Eakins, and William R. O'Donovan in Eakins's Chestnut Street Studio, 1891–92
Circle of Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Collection of Daniel W. Dietrich II


Maud Cook, 1895
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Bequest of Stephen Carlton Clark, B.A. 1903, 1961


Henry Ossawa Tanner, ca. 1897
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
The Hyde Collection Art Museum, Glens Falls, New York


Susan Macdowell Eakins (Mrs. Thomas Eakins), ca. 1899
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966


The Thinker (Portrait of Louis N. Kenton), 1900
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1917 (17.172)


Mary Adeline Williams, ca. 1900
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Eakins and Miss Mary Adeline Williams, 1929


Self-Portrait, 1902
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
National Academy of Design, New York, New York





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