Eakins provides biographical information of the physicist Henry Augustus Rowland, and describes his portrait painting of Rowland, including the embellished picture frame he made for it. <br>Eakins mistakenly refers to Lapsley as "Mr. C.S. Lapsley."
Citation:
Thomas Eakins. Thomas Eakins, Philadelphia, Pa. letter to Caroline Stuyvesant Lapsley, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1902 Jan. 2. Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art records, 1883-1962. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
U.S. public domain
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560