William H. Macdowell

1884

Thomas Eakins

Associated Names
Thomas Eakins

Artist, American, 1844 - 1916

The image depicts an elderly man standing next to a wooden structure. He is leaning against it, with his left arm resting on the structure. The man has a long beard and mustache, medium-length hair, and wears a wide-brimmed hat. He is dressed in a long, dark overcoat, dark suit, white shirt, dark necktie, dark pants, and polished shoes. He is not holding any objects, and there is no visible jewelry. The background consists of a brick-paved ground and a wooden wall with leafless branches hanging in front of it.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, auction, c. 1980); (Collection of Alan Rubinstein, New York); (Paul M. Hertzmann, Inc., San Francisco); NGA purchase, 2016.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2017

  • Posing for the Camera: Gifts from Robert B. Menschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2017 - 2018, unnumbered catalogue.

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Wikidata ID

Q64170016

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