Eakins's students at the site for the painting "Swimming"
Eakins's students at the site for the painting "Swimming"

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Eakins's students at the site for the painting "Swimming",

ca. 1884

Thomas Eakins, 1844–1916; born and died Philadelphia, PA
x1988-18
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Collection Publications: Body Memory: Photographic Bodies

Information

Title
Eakins's students at the site for the painting "Swimming"
Dates

ca. 1884

Maker
Thomas Eakins
Medium

Albumen print

Dimensions

9.7 × 11.9 cm (3 13/16 × 4 11/16 in.)
mount: 10.8 x 16.5 cm. (4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, bequest of Mrs. John E. Long in memory of John E. Long, Class of 1929

Object Number
x1988-18
Place Depicted

North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Mill Creek near Bryn Mawr

Inscription

In ink on board, verso upper left: eakins // olympia galleries, ltd / philadelphia cat. #0-19

Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs, albumen prints
Techniques
albumen process, mounting
Subject
shores (landforms), boys, swimmers, nudes, studies (visual works), lakes

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