The Poleman in the Ma'sh, c. 1881

Not on View

Medium

brown wash heightened with white over graphite and black chalk

Dimensions

overall: 28 x 15.1 cm (11 x 5 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Julius S. Held Collection, Avalon Fund

Accession Number

1984.3.9

Artists / Makers

Thomas Eakins (artist) American, 1844 - 1916

Image Use

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Inscription

across top: On block 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 / The Poleman / In the Ma'sh; on verso stamped: This picture is presented to (name inscribed in brown ink) A.W. Drake / by T HE CENTURY CO., / NEW YORK, and must not be reproduced or published without consent; v//in black cha lk: by Thomas Eakin (sic)

Exhibition History

1970: Selections from the Drawing Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius S. Held, University Art Gallery, Binghamton; traveling exhibition, 1970, no. 5.

1979: Master Drawings from the Collection of Ingrid and Julius S. Held, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown; traveling exhibition, 1979, no. 51.

1984: Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., January 1984.

1986: Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., October 1986.

1993: Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) and the Heart of American Life, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1993-1994, no. 20.