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TitleThe Agnew Clinic, detail

Creator nameEakins, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1889

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

DimensionsUnknown

LocationUniversity of Pennsylvania Art Collection, Philadelphia

http://artcollection.upenn.edu/collection/art/10/the-agnew-clinic/

Accession number1889.0001

SubjectsMedicine in artMedical sciences--Study and teachingPainting, American--19th centurySurgery in artRealism in art

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2. The Agnew Clinic

David M. Lubin

Act of Portrayal: Eakins, Sargent, James

~The Agnew Clinic (fig. 1) today hangs high on a wall in the foyer of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. The painting cannot be taken in all at once; approximately six feet high by eleven feet long, it is exceptionally large. What first attracts the eye is the white-clad figure standing in isolation in the foreground, left...

Author

David M. Lubin

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.27-82

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00007.004

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-16294&redirecttoanchor=21936

Chapter subject tags:Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916Portrait painting, American--19th centuryArt and society--United States--History--19th centuryEakins, Thomas, 1844-1916. Gross ClinicPsychology and art--United States--19th centuryAmerican literature--19th century

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