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Baseball Players Practicing, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Eakins, Thomas 1844-1916  Search this
Subject:
Fisler, Wes  Search this
Clapp, John  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art 224 Benefit Street Providence Rhode Island 02903 Accession Number: 36.172
Date:
1875
Notes:
Stebbins, American Master Drawings & Watercolors, History of Works on Paper from Colonial Times to Present, Harper& Row, new York,1976
Rhode Island School of Design, "A Handbook of the Museum of Art, " Providence, RI: Rhode Island School of Design, 1985, no. 199.
Image on file.
Stebbins, Amer. Master Drawings & Watercolors, History of Works On Paper from Colonial Times to Pres., Harper & Row, New York,1976, fig. 133.
Rhode Island School of Design, "A Handbook of the Museum of Art, " Providence, RI: Rhode Island School of Design, 1985, no. 199.
(Center left:) Eakins/75 signed
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
Scene of the Philadelphia Athletes first basemen Wes Fisler at bat, and catcher John Clapp, with a few spectators in the grandstand on a sunny afternoon.
Topic:
Occupation--Sport--Baseball  Search this
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Dress--Uniform--Sports Uniform  Search this
Architecture exterior--Commercial--Recreation  Search this
Control number:
IAP 85470036
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_228838