George W. Holmes

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George W. Holmes

1880s

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)

In the 1850s, George W. Holmes, a landscape painter, gave Eakins his first informal guidance in freehand drawing outside the pragmatic instruction the student had received at Zane Street Grammar School and Central High School. Their close friendship lasted through the 1880s, when Eakins made this photograph of the now-blind artist.

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Object Details

Title:

George W. Holmes

Date:

1880s

Artist:

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)

Medium:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

Image and sheet: 4 9/16 × 3 3/8 inches (11.6 × 8.5 cm) Mount: 7 x 5 9/16 inches (17.8 x 14.1 cm)

Classification:

Photographs

Credit Line:

Gift of Theodore T. Newbold in honor of Seymour Adelman, 1985

Accession Number:

1985-60-1

Geography:

Photograph taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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