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The Dancing Lesson

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Date

1878

Artist

Thomas Eakins (1844-1916)

Collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Image Link

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/10821

Description

This watercolor shows three male figures of different generations playing and responding to music. A framed copy of the famous photograph of Abraham Lincoln and his son Tad suggests the figures' familial relationships and emphasizes their emancipation. This watercolor gained Eakins his first award—a silver medal—at the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association exhibition in Boston in 1878. Medium: watercolor on off-white wove paper.

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CC0 1.0

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Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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