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Shad Fishermen Hauling the Net at Gloucester, New Jersey

Photograph taken in Gloucester, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America

1881-82

Thomas Eakins, American, 1844 - 1916

Cyanotype
Sheet: 2 7/8 x 3 7/8 inches (7.3 x 9.8 cm)

Currently not on view

1991-64-1

Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund, 1991

Label

In April 1881, Eakins made the first of several visits to Gloucester, New Jersey, across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, to photograph shad fishermen. His principal motive was to make studies for paintings, but he considered several images pleasing enough to print as gifts for family and friends.

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