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The Writing Master, 1882. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 30 x 34 1/4 in. (76.2 x 87 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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- Museum title
- The Writing Master
- Artist
- Thomas Eakins (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1844–1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Date
- 1882
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 30 x 34 1/4 in. (76.2 x 87 cm)
- Credit line
- John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1917
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan 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.