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Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Sitter:
Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins, 25 Jul 1844 - 25 Jun 1916  Search this
Frances Eakins, 01 Nov 1848 - 22 Aug 1940  Search this
Medium:
Quarter-plate daguerreotype with applied color
Dimensions:
Image/Sight: 9 × 6.6 cm (3 9/16 × 2 5/8")
Mat (brass): 10.8 × 8.3 cm (4 1/4 × 3 1/4")
Case open: 12 × 19.4 × 1.3 cm (4 3/4 × 7 5/8 × 1/2")
Case closed: 12 × 9.7 × 1.9 cm (4 3/4 × 3 13/16 × 3/4")
Type:
Photograph
Date:
c. 1851
Exhibition Label:
Widely regarded as nineteenth-century America’s leading realistic painter, Thomas Eakins was about seven years old when this daguerreotype was made. Brought up in a family that encouraged physical fitness, Eakins engaged in various athletic pursuits. This suggests that the bow and arrow he holds were his own rather than props supplied by the daguerreotypist.
Pictured with Eakins is Frances Eakins, the eldest of his three sisters. As a young adult, she would be the subject of one of her brother’s earliest paintings when he returned to Philadelphia in 1870, following a lengthy period of artistic study in Europe.
Thomas Eakins, ampliamente considerado como el pintor realista más destacado de Estados Unidos en el siglo XIX, tenía unos siete años cuando se realizó este daguerrotipo. Criado en el seno de una familia que alentaba el ejercicio físico, Eakins participó de varias actividades deportivas, lo cual sugiere que el arco y la flecha son propios en lugar de atrezos proporcionados por el daguerrotipista.
Junto a Eakins aparece Frances Eakins, la mayor de sus tres hermanas. En sus primeros años de adultez, sería el sujeto de una de las primeras pinturas de su hermano cuando el artista regresó a Filadelfia en 1870, tras un largo periodo de estudio artístico en Europa.
Topic:
Costume\Jewelry\Necklace  Search this
Interior  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Weapon\Bow and Arrow  Search this
Cased object  Search this
Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins: Male  Search this
Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins: Visual Arts\Artist\Sculptor  Search this
Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins: Visual Arts\Artist\Painter  Search this
Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins: Visual Arts\Artist\Photographer  Search this
Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins: Visual Arts\Art instructor  Search this
Frances Eakins: Female  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Object number:
NPG.80.248
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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National Portrait Gallery Collection
Location:
Currently not on view
Data Source:
National Portrait Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm47a1291dc-2b0d-48b6-a270-6d4a4c764bfc
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_NPG.80.248