The Agnew Clinic, Thomas Eakins, 1889

In 1889, students from the university of pennsylvania school of medicine commissioned eakins to make a portrait of the retiring professor of surgery dr. D. Hayes agnew. Working day and night, eakins completed the painting in three months, in time for it to be presented at the university commencement on may 1, 1889. Object Type: painting. Genre: genre art. Date: 1889. Place of creation: University of Pennsylvania. Dimensions: height: 214 cm (84.2 in) ; width: 300 cm (118.1 in). Medium: painting. Depicted People: David Hayes Agnew, J. William White, Thomas Eakins, Susan Macdowell Eakins. Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Eakins, Thomas - The Agnew Clinic