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Werbel and Jennifer Hardin, <em>Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) and the Heart of American life</em>, (London: National Portrait Gallery, 1993), cat. no. 46; p. 168 (illus.); p. 168-169","date":1993,"id":3580,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/624195593"},{"boilertext":"<P>Gordon Hendricks, <EM>The Life and Work of Thomas Eakins</EM>, (New York: Grossman Publishers, 1974).</P>","citation":"<P>Gordon Hendricks, <EM>The Life and Work of Thomas Eakins</EM>, (New York: Grossman Publishers, 1974).</P>, no citation","date":1974,"id":3582,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/1127693"},{"boilertext":"\"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1986,\" <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 46, no. 1 (1987): p. 18–52","citation":"\"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1986,\" <em>Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University</em> 46, no. 1 (1987): p. 18–52, p. 19–20 (illus.).","date":1987,"id":550,"uri":"https://www.jstor.org/stable/3774580"}],"nowebuse":"False","periods":[],"department":"American Art","attribute_groups":[{"id":2199325,"term":"North American Art","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"daterange":"A.D. 1850-1900","dateend":1916,"depicted":[],"titles":[{"title":"A Singer (Mrs. W.H. 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While the reception accorded these two portraits is unknown, they are undeniably effectual characterizations of the complex inner lives Eakins perceived in each sitter.</P></SPAN>","remarks":"MEB Rotation July 2015"},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"Bequeathed by the artist to his wife, Susan McDowell Eakins, 1916-until at least 1933 [1]. [Kleeman and Babcock Galleries, New York, by 1957]. Acquired by Leonard and Lisa Baskin, possibly by 1959 [2]. John Wilmerding (1938-2024). [Kennedy Galleries Inc., New York (NY), by November 5, 1986]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, November 5, 1986.\n\n[1] Lloyd Goodrich, Thomas Eakins. 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