Model of a Left Leader Horse for “A May Morning in the Park (The Fairman Rogers Four-in-Hand)”

Gallery 215, American Art, second floor

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Model of a Left Leader Horse for “A May Morning in the Park (The Fairman Rogers Four-in-Hand)”

1879 (cast 1946)

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)

Eakins made these sculptures in an effort to create a precisely accurate picture of horses in motion for his painting A May Morning in the Park (The Fairman Rogers Four-in-Hand). He based the positions of the horses' hooves on the famous photographs of trotting and galloping horses made by photographer Eadweard Muybridge in 1878.

Gallery 215, American Art, second floor

Object Details

Title:

Model of a Left Leader Horse for “A May Morning in the Park (The Fairman Rogers Four-in-Hand)”

Date:

1879 (cast 1946)

Artist:

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)

Medium:

Bronze, marble base

Dimensions:

9 1/2 x 12 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (24.1 x 31.1 x 7 cm)

Classification:

Sculpture

Credit Line:

Bequest of Lisa Norris Elkins, 1950

Accession Number:

1950-92-34

Geography:

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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Gallery 215, American Art, second floor

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