# Thomas Eakins

Artist galleries · hang 749 · 9 works

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916). Every work of theirs in the collection, in today's hang.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Study for "The Dancing Lesson": The Banjo Player](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/study-for-the-dancing-lesson-the-banjo-player-nga-66414), Thomas Eakins, probably 1877. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/thomas-eakins/study-for-the-dancing-lesson-the-banjo-player-nga-66414?hang=749)
2. [Talcott Williams](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/talcott-williams-si-npg-npg-85-50), Thomas Eakins, c. 1889. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/thomas-eakins/talcott-williams-si-npg-npg-85-50?hang=749)
3. [The Dancing Lesson](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-dancing-lesson-met-10821), Thomas Eakins, 1878. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/thomas-eakins/the-dancing-lesson-met-10821?hang=749)
4. [Portrait of Mrs. Helen Mac Knight (Portrait of a Mother)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-mrs-helen-mac-knight-portrait-of-a-mother-si-hmsg-66-1496), Thomas Eakins, (c. 1903). Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/thomas-eakins/portrait-of-mrs-helen-mac-knight-portrait-of-a-mother-si-hmsg-66-1496?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

5. [Study for "The Dancing Lesson": The Boy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/study-for-the-dancing-lesson-the-boy-nga-66413), Thomas Eakins, probably 1877. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/thomas-eakins/study-for-the-dancing-lesson-the-boy-nga-66413?hang=749)
6. [The Chaperone](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-chaperone-nga-72165), Thomas Eakins, c. 1908. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/thomas-eakins/the-chaperone-nga-72165?hang=749)
7. [The Biglin Brothers Turning the Stake](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-biglin-brothers-turning-the-stake-cma-151904), Thomas Eakins, 1873. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/thomas-eakins/the-biglin-brothers-turning-the-stake-cma-151904?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

8. [Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Eakins](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-mrs-thomas-eakins-si-hmsg-66-1522), Thomas Eakins, (c. 1899). Courtesy of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/thomas-eakins/portrait-of-mrs-thomas-eakins-si-hmsg-66-1522?hang=749)
9. [The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-champion-single-sculls-max-schmitt-in-a-single-scull-met-10819), Thomas Eakins, 1871. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/thomas-eakins/the-champion-single-sculls-max-schmitt-in-a-single-scull-met-10819?hang=749)

## Doors

- [More Realism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/realism?hang=749&via=continue) (41 works)
- [19th-century United States](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/19-united-states?hang=749&via=continue) (198 works)