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American Art Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic) 1875 Thomas Eakins, American, 1844 - 1916 Oil on canvas 8 feet x 6 feet 6 inches (243.8 x 198.1 cm) Currently not on view 2007-1-1 |
Gift of the Alumni Association to Jefferson Medical College in 1878 and purchased by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2007 with the generous support of some 3,600 donors
Gift of the Alunmi Association to Jefferson Medical College in 1878 and purchased by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 2007 with the generous support of The Annenberg Foundation, Athena and Nicholas Karabots, an anonymous donor, Marguerite and Gerry Lenfest, Jeanette and Joe Neubauer, The Per Charitable Trusts, The Dorrance H. Hamilton Charitable Trust, Leslie Miller and Richard Worley, Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran, Penelope P. Wilson, The Joseph E. Temple Fund for the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (by exchange), and significant contributions from Jan and Warren Adelson in memory of Margaret and Raymond Horowitz, American Art Search, Mrs. Gustave G. Amsterdam, Graham Arader, Mr. and Mrs. Jack R Bershad, Estate of Frank Paul Bowman, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Buck, Michael and Veronica Bradley, Robert W. Brano, William C. Bullitt, Donald R. Caldwell, Clara Callahan and Peter Goodman, Mr. and Mrs. Tristram C. Colket, Jr., Connelly Foundation, Sarah and Frank Coulson, Maude de Schauensee, Mrs. Fitz Eugene Dixon, Jr., Jaimie and David Field, Joanna G. Gabel, Frederick R. Haas and Daniel K. Meyer, M.D., Joseph and Sherry Hanley, Hannah L. and J. Welles Henderson, Barbara B. and Paul M. Henkels, Holly Beach Public Library Association, Lynne and Harold Honickman, Kaiserman Family, Jill and Peter Kraus, Carolyn Payne Langfitt, Larking Hill Foundation, Harriet and Ronald Lassin, Ellen and Jerry Lee, Judy and Peter Leone, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lombard, Jr., Mrs. Louis C. Madeira IV, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Magid, James A. Michener Art Museum, Agnes M. Mulroney, Dr. and Mrs. J. Brien Murphy and family, Mr. and Mrs. E. Newbold Smith, Elizabeth Anne O'Donnell, Jeffrey Orleans, Natalie Y. Peris Memorial Fund, Andrew M. Rouse, Peter V. Scoles, M.D., Susan K. Shapiro, 1675 Foundation, Dr. Stanton and SaraKay Smullens, Marilyn L. Steinbright, Deborah W. Troemner, Veritable, L.P., The William Penn Foundation The Women's Committee of the Phialadelphia Museum of Art, and some 3,600 donors, including trustees and staff of the the Academy and the MuseumGallery LabelDr. Samuel D. Gross appears in the surgical amphitheater at Jefferson Medical College, lit by the skylight overhead. Five doctors (one of whom is obscured by Dr. Gross) attend to the young patient, whose cut left thigh, bony buttocks, and sock-clad feet are all that is visible to the viewer. Chief of Clinic Dr. James M. Barton bends over the patient, probing the incision, while junior assistant Dr. Charles S. Briggs grips the patient's legs and Dr. Daniel M. Appel keeps the incision open with a retractor. The anesthetist (Dr. W. Joseph Hearn) holds a folded napkin soaked with chloroform over the patient's face, while the clinic clerk (Dr. Franklin West) records the proceedings. A woman at the left, traditionally identified as the patient's mother, cringes and shields her eyes, unable to look. Confident of the outcome of the operation, Dr. Gross calmly and majestically turns to address his students, including the intent figure of Thomas Eakins, who is seated at the right edge of the canvas. |
