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Thomas Eakins

120 works

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Painting of three children in a Seville street: a boy playing trumpet, a girl in a white dress, and a child with a drum.

A street scene in Sevilla

1870

Painting of a small sailboat with two men on calm water, with distant sails and a lavender sky.

Starting Out After Rail

1863

Painting of a rider in a dark hat and white shirt on a bay horse in an open green field under a pale sky.

Negro boy on a bay horse

1879

Back of a dark painting with handwritten labels and a red-bordered gallery tag, attributed to Thomas Eakins.

Sketch of an interior

1879

Monochrome sketch of an elderly woman in a white bonnet seated beside a wooden chair against a dark background.

Sketch for In Grandmother's Time

1876

Watercolor of a bearded cowboy in fringed yellow jacket and hat, playing banjo on a stool and singing upward.

Cowboy Singing

1892

Painting of a small sailboat with two men on calm golden water, with a distant shoreline under a pale sky.

Sailing

1875

Painting of a grey river with a dark barge, sailboats on the horizon, and a sandy ochre shore in the foreground.

Delaware River Scene

1881

Two rowers in a red shell pass a massive stone pier on a calm river, with trees and pale sky behind.

The Pair-Oared Shell

1872

Loose oil sketch of a seated woman in white working a spinning wheel in a dark interior, by Thomas Eakins.

Spinning: Sketch

1881

Pencil sketch of two rowers in a scull on a river, with a steamboat and sailboats in the background.

The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake

1873

Grey-toned watercolor of a surgeon at center directing assistants over a patient, with a tiered audience of observers behind.

The Gross Clinic

1875-76

Watercolor of a rower in a red headband and white shirt in a single scull on a river, with sailboats in the distance.

John Biglin in a Single Scull

ca. 1873

Watercolor of a banjo player, a standing man in a red cardigan, and a barefoot boy dancing in a plain interior room.

The Dancing Lesson

1878

Watercolor of a young woman in a cream dress standing with bowed head beside potted red geraniums and a round table.

Young Girl Meditating

1877

Sepia photograph of a large beech tree with a broad canopy, a split-rail fence, and small figures resting beneath it.

[Beech Tree at Avondale, Pennsylvania]

early 1880s

Two women in white classical gowns recline on a settee in a dim studio with a carved chair and patterned rug.

[Two Female Students in Classical Costume in Eakins's Studio]

about 1883

Charcoal study of a seated nude woman with a draped head covering on a block, against a shaded background.

Study of a Seated Nude Woman Wearing a Mask

1863

Pencil sketch of a truss bridge over a river with a stone pier and reflections in the water.

Drawing Of Girard Avenue Bridge/Verso Sketch Of An Oar

1860

Pencil perspective drawing with converging grid lines, angled oars and boat forms, and faint figure outlines on aged paper.

Perspective Drawing for "The Biglin Brothers Turning The Stake"

1870

Pencil perspective study on aged paper with converging grid lines, a rowing boat, and mechanical frame details by Thomas Eaki

Perspective Drawing for "The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake"

1900

Perspective drawing of a treadle lathe with iron legs, drive wheel, and wooden bench, with technical annotations on a cream s

Perspective of Lathe

1860

Brown wash drawing of a man in a cap poling a flat boat through marsh reeds, with white highlights on the grasses.

The Poleman in the Ma'sh

c. 1881

Pencil and wash study of a man aiming a rifle from a punt while a poler stands at the stern in misty reeds.

Study for Rail Shooting from a Punt

1874