The Pair-Oared Shell
Thomas Eakins, American, 1844 - 1916
Geography:
Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1872Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.4 cm)Curatorial Department:
American Art
1929-184-35Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Eakins and Miss Mary Adeline Williams, 1929
Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
Date:
1872Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.4 cm)Curatorial Department:
American Art
* Gallery 218, American Art, second floor (Provident National Bank Gallery)
Accession Number:1929-184-35Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Eakins and Miss Mary Adeline Williams, 1929
Label:
Eakins was an oarsman himself, and when he returned from his studies in Paris in 1870 he began a series of paintings on the modern sport of rowing. In 1872, he befriended the celebrated John and Bernard (Barney) Biglin when they came to Philadelphia to compete for the world championship of pair-oared shells. Eakins painted them repeatedly over the next two years. Here, the brothers are shown practicing on the Schuylkill River in the early evening, in the shadow of the old Columbia Railroad Bridge.
Eakins was an oarsman himself, and when he returned from his studies in Paris in 1870 he began a series of paintings on the modern sport of rowing. In 1872, he befriended the celebrated John and Bernard (Barney) Biglin when they came to Philadelphia to compete for the world championship of pair-oared shells. Eakins painted them repeatedly over the next two years. Here, the brothers are shown practicing on the Schuylkill River in the early evening, in the shadow of the old Columbia Railroad Bridge.
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