Thomas Eakins
Mrs. Benjamin Eakins
1868-1878
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Thomas Eakins
Mrs. Benjamin Eakins
1868-1878
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 27 3/8 x 23 5/8 x 2 1/4 in. (69.5 x 60 x 5.7 cm) Unframed: 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm) Sight: 19 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (49.5 x 39.1 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Legum, Baltimore
Object Number
2012.587
Mother of Thomas Eakins, painted from an old photograph after her death. Head and bust, half left; dark brown hair, parted in middle drawn into a knot behind; dark brown eyes, dark skin; narrow white collar around her neck, plain black dress; dark red-brown background.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2012; Jeffrey Legum, Baltimore by purchase, 1986; Wunderlich & Company, NY, 1983; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Dietrich II, Phildadelphia, PA, 1967; Knoedler and Company, NY, 1966; Leslie Katz; Joseph Katz, Baltimore, c. 1940; Babcock Galleries, NY; Mrs. Thomas Eakins; Estate of artist
Goodrich, Lloyd. Thomas Eakins: His Life and Work. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1933. cat.# 84, p. 167
