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The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake, 1873. oil on canvas.
oil on canvas · Framed: 117 x 167 x 6.5 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake
- Artist
- Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
- Date
- 1873
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 117 x 167 x 6.5 cm (46 1/16 x 65 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.); Unframed: 101.3 x 151.4 cm (39 7/8 x 59 5/8 in.)
- Credit line
- Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Artist’s life 1844–1916
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.




