Eakins began this portrait shortly after his marriage to his former student, Susan Macdowell Eakins (1851-1938), a talented painter and photographer, in January 1884. The setting is his studio at 1330 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, where the couple and their dog Harry lived from 1884 to 1886.
The painting depicts Eakins wife, in a blue dress, seated in a chair, in her living room, while reading a book. She takes a pause and looks at the viewer. At her side, the dog rests peacefuly in the floor.[2]
artist, wife, setter, painting, thomas, eakins, from, 1884, 1889, part, collection, metropolitan, museum, york, artistthomas, eakinsyearc, 1884, 1889dimensions76, locationmetropolitan, museum, yorkhistory, description, editeakins, began, this, portrait, shortl. The Artist s Wife and His Setter Dog is a painting by Thomas Eakins from c 1884 1889 It is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York 1 The Artist s Wife and His Setter DogArtistThomas EakinsYearc 1884 1889Dimensions76 2 cm 58 4 cm 30 0 in 23 0 in LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art New YorkHistory and description editEakins began this portrait shortly after his marriage to his former student Susan Macdowell Eakins 1851 1938 a talented painter and photographer in January 1884 The setting is his studio at 1330 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia where the couple and their dog Harry lived from 1884 to 1886 The painting depicts Eakins wife in a blue dress seated in a chair in her living room while reading a book She takes a pause and looks at the viewer At her side the dog rests peacefuly in the floor 2 See also editList of works by Thomas EakinsReferences edit Thomas Eakins The Artist s Wife and His Setter Dog The Met Archived from the original on 2016 09 27 Retrieved 2016 09 20 Thomas Eakins The Artist s Wife and His Setter Dog The Met Archived from the original on 2016 09 27 Retrieved 2016 09 20 nbsp This article about a nineteenth century painting is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Artist 27s Wife and His Setter Dog amp oldid 1186679133, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
