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Thomas Eakin's Starting out after Rail


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Starting out after Rail, Thomas Eakins, 1874, oil on canvas mounted on masonite, 50.48cm x 61.59cm



Unknown — Unknown

Eakins sent the oil painting to Gérôme in Paris while he was working on it to get the French artist's advice.

by Jodi Cranston 07/25/2017


1935 — Present Day

The painting was sold to the MFA through Clarence W. Cranmer, who was a friend to Eakins and became Mrs. Eakins' agent after her husband's death.

by Jodi Cranston 07/25/2017


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