Thomas Eakins : artist of Philadelphia / Darrel Sewell

Philadelphia : Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1982. First Edition. Softcover. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xvi, 136 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm. Notes; Inscribed to Charles and Brenda Tomlinson. Notes; Catalogue of an exhibition held Philadelphia Museum of Art, 5-29/8-1/82; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 9-22/11-28/82. Includes bibliographical references (page 133) and index. Contents; I. Student work -- II. Early portraits at home -- III. Rowing -- IV. Sporting scenes -- V. The Gross Clinic and The Agnew Clinic -- VI. William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River -- VII. Old fashioned subjects -- VIII. The Fairman Rogers Four-in-Hand -- IX. Figures in the landscape -- X. Anatomy -- XI. Arcadia and The Swimming Hole -- XII. Music -- XIII. Male portraits -- XIV Female portraits. Subjects; Eakins, Thomas (1844-1916) ; Exhibitions. Eakins, Thomas (1844-1916) ; Catalogues. Eakins, Thomas (American painter, photographer, and sculptor, 1844-1916) ; Exhibitions. Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pa.) ; Exhibitions. Painters Pennsylvania ; Biography. Peintres Pennsylvanie Biographies. Painters. Painters, American 19th century. Sculptors, American 19th century. Photographers, American 19th century. Artists Pennsylvania Biography. Painters United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia ; Exhibitions. Philadelphia (Pa.) ; Biography. Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Philadelphia. Genres; Bibliography. Biographies. Biography. Biography. Catalogue. Exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogues. Illustrated.