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The Biglin Brothers Racing, (painting). Artist:  Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916, painter. Title:  The Biglin Brothers Racing, (painting). Dates:  1872. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  24 1/8 x 36 1/16 in. (61.2 x 91.6 cm). Description:  Scene of a race with John and Bernard Biglin, both wearing blue handkerchiefs on the heads, rowing their scull. Figures are on the shore in the distance. Subject:  Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Rowing Portrait group -- Family -- Siblings Portrait male -- Biglin, John Portrait male -- Biglin, Bernard Landscape -- River Architecture -- Boat -- Scull Object Type:  Painting Owner:  National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1953.7.1 (1180) Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Eakins, Thomas, Eakins, Susan Macdowell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania E. & A. Milch, Inc., New York, New York 1933. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York until 1950. M. Knoedler & Co., New York, New York Apr. 19, 1950. Gift of Whitney, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Mr. & Mrs., 1953. References:  Kelly, Franklin, "American paintings of the nineteenth century; part 1," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1996. National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990. "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970. Antiques (Aug. 1996): pg. 170. Illustration:  Image on file. Kelly, Franklin, "American paintings of the nineteenth century; part 1," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1996, pg. 159. "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970, pg. 53. Antiques (Aug. 1996): pg. 170. Note:  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. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 08600431   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 08600431 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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