# Talcott Williams, in The American Gilded Age

Thomas Eakins painted this in about 1889, aged 45. It is now at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

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## The work

- Date: c. 1889
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: Stretcher: 62.5 x 51.8cm (24 5/8 x 20 3/8")
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, NPG.85.50
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Thomas Eakins](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/thomas-eakins), American, 1844–1916

Eakins studied in Paris under Jean-Léon Gérôme and was impressed in Spain by Velázquez and Ribera, then returned to Philadelphia, where he spent his life.

9 works in the collection.

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