Thomas Eakins - The Agnew Clinic (1893, Framed Photogravure)
Thomas Eakins - The Agnew Clinic (1893, Framed Photogravure). Printed in 1893 and in the original frame. This is not an etching taken from a book or catalog. Before Eakins sent his painting The Agnew Clinic to be exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, he published a reproduction of his work in 1889, the year the painting was completed. Since photographic processes at the time made warm colors too dark and cold colors too light, he decided he had to paint a special black-and-white version of the painting to be photographed. The photogravure of this version, shown here, is now extremely rare. in fact there are slight differences from the final Agnew Clinic and this black and white version (man in the first row on the right hand side is shown here without glasses). It shows Dr. David Hayes Agnew, his assistants, nurse Mary Clymer--an 1889 graduate of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania--and an audience of medical students, none of whom wear surgical masks or protective clothing while the operation is taking place.
Size: 13 3/8”W x 9”H (image), 14 3/8”H x 18 1/4”W (frame)
Condition: etching is in good condition, slight yellowing of paper from age. Frame has wear and age around the corners. Framed under glass.
Thomas Eakins - The Agnew Clinic (1893, Framed Photogravure). Printed in 1893 and in the original frame. This is not an etching taken from a book or catalog. Before Eakins sent his painting The Agnew Clinic to be exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, he published a reproduction of his work in 1889, the year the painting was completed. Since photographic processes at the time made warm colors too dark and cold colors too light, he decided he had to paint a special black-and-white version of the painting to be photographed. The photogravure of this version, shown here, is now extremely rare. in fact there are slight differences from the final Agnew Clinic and this black and white version (man in the first row on the right hand side is shown here without glasses). It shows Dr. David Hayes Agnew, his assistants, nurse Mary Clymer--an 1889 graduate of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania--and an audience of medical students, none of whom wear surgical masks or protective clothing while the operation is taking place.
Size: 13 3/8”W x 9”H (image), 14 3/8”H x 18 1/4”W (frame)
Condition: etching is in good condition, slight yellowing of paper from age. Frame has wear and age around the corners. Framed under glass.
Thomas Eakins - The Agnew Clinic (1893, Framed Photogravure). Printed in 1893 and in the original frame. This is not an etching taken from a book or catalog. Before Eakins sent his painting The Agnew Clinic to be exhibited at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, he published a reproduction of his work in 1889, the year the painting was completed. Since photographic processes at the time made warm colors too dark and cold colors too light, he decided he had to paint a special black-and-white version of the painting to be photographed. The photogravure of this version, shown here, is now extremely rare. in fact there are slight differences from the final Agnew Clinic and this black and white version (man in the first row on the right hand side is shown here without glasses). It shows Dr. David Hayes Agnew, his assistants, nurse Mary Clymer--an 1889 graduate of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania--and an audience of medical students, none of whom wear surgical masks or protective clothing while the operation is taking place.
Size: 13 3/8”W x 9”H (image), 14 3/8”H x 18 1/4”W (frame)
Condition: etching is in good condition, slight yellowing of paper from age. Frame has wear and age around the corners. Framed under glass.
