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[William H. Macdowell and Margaret Eakins in Saltville (or Clinch Mountain), Virginia]

Attributed to Thomas Eakins American
1880–82
Not on view
This view, perhaps one of the earliest photographs by Thomas Eakins, shows William H. Macdowell, the Philadelphia engraver (later Eakins' father-in-law), the artist's sister, and two boys on a casual outing to Clinch Mountain, Virginia. The sitters rest on a rough-hewn bench in the shadow of a quarried rock wall that serves like a neutral studio backdrop or curtain for the summer tourists.

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Object Information
  • Title: [William H. Macdowell and Margaret Eakins in Saltville (or Clinch Mountain), Virginia]
  • Artist: Attributed to Thomas Eakins (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1844–1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Date: 1880–82
  • Medium: Platinum print
  • Dimensions: Image: 27.4 x 20 cm (10 13/16 x 7 7/8 in.), irregular
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gift of Charles Bregler, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.142.2
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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