Interior of a Woodcarver's Shop (Sketch for "William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River")

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Interior of a Woodcarver's Shop (Sketch for "William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River")

1876-1877

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)

Eakins visited the site where Rush's studio originally stood on the Delaware riverfront in Philadelphia. Although the building had been torn down, Eakins was able to speak to several elderly people who described it to him. He located a woodcarver's shop similar to Rush's and made this small oil sketch of its interior, working out the shadowy effects of light on the tools and shop products that would appear on the back wall of Rush's studio in the final painting.

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Object Details

Title:

Interior of a Woodcarver's Shop (Sketch for "William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River")

Date:

1876-1877

Artist:

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

8 5/8 x 13 inches (21.9 x 33 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Bregler, 1946

Accession Number:

1946-19-1

Geography:

Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

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