Sketch of a Cowboy at Work

Sketch of a Cowboy at Work

c. 1887
Artist
Thomas Eakins, American, 1844-1916
Born: Philadelphia, PA
Country
United States
Object
painting
Medium
Oil on canvas on masonite
Accession Number
2008.489
Credit Line
William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection, by exchange

Thomas Eakins
Sketch of a Cowboy at Work
About 1887
Oil on canvas on masonite
10 x 14.25 in.
Funds from William Sr. and Dorothy Harmsen Collection by exchange, 2008.489

Dimensions
frame height: 16.25 in, 41.275 cm; frame width: 20.375 in, 51.7525 cm; frame depth: 0.875 in, 2.2225 cm; image height: 10 in, 25.4000 cm; image width: 14.25 in, 36.1950 cm
Inscription
Not signed or dated; labels once on the verso inscribed by Mrs. Eakins: "Cowboy on bad lands"/ T Eakins Presented to Penna Museum of Art/ by Mrs. T. Eakins/ Sketch Cow-boy on Bad Lands of Dakota/ Thomas Eakins
Department
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
Collection
Petrie Institute of Western American Art
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Mrs. Thomas Eakins and Miss Mary Adeline Williams; Gifted to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1930; The Denver Art Museum, 2008
Exhibition History
  • "Eakins Exhibition"—Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1930