[William H. Macdowell and Margaret Eakins in Saltville (or Clinch Mountain), Virginia]

Attributed to Thomas Eakins American

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This view, perhaps one of the earliest photographs by Thomas Eakins, shows William H. Macdowell, the Philadelphia engraver (later Eakins' father-in-law), the artist's sister, and two boys on a casual outing to Clinch Mountain, Virginia. The sitters rest on a rough-hewn bench in the shadow of a quarried rock wall that serves like a neutral studio backdrop or curtain for the summer tourists.

[William H. Macdowell and Margaret Eakins in Saltville (or Clinch Mountain), Virginia], Attributed to Thomas Eakins (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1844–1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Platinum print

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