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Provenance

The artist Mrs. Thomas Eakins (his wife) Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wallace M. Scudder, 1935 (acquired from the above) Gift to the present owner from the above, 1935

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Portraits of Prominent Philadelphians by Distinguished Artists , January 1929, no. 45 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, A Collection of Paintings by Thomas Eakins given to the Museum by his wife Susan Macdowell Eakins and their friend Miss Mary A. Williams , March-April 1930 Newark, New Jersey, Newark Museum, American Paintings, and Sculpture: Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture from the Museum's Collections, 1944, no. 35, p. 76, illustrated Madison, New Jersey, Drew University, February-March 1961

Literature

Philadelphia Museum of Art , "Catalogue of Paintings of Thomas Eakins," The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin, March 1930, v. 25, p. 25, no. 133 American Art in the Newark Museum , Newark, New Jersey, 1981, p. 120, illustrated (as Man in the Red Necktie )

Catalog summary

Property of The Newark Museum of Art, Sold to Support Museum Collections Thomas Eakins 1844 - 1916 Portrait of Dr. Joseph Leidy, II signed Eakins (lower right); also initialed T.E. (on the reverse prior to lining) oil on canvas 50 by 36 inches (127 by 91.4 cm) Painted in 1890. Provenance The artist Mrs. Thomas Eakins (his wife) Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wallace M. Scudder, 1935 (acquired from the above) Gift to the present owner from the above, 1935 Exhibited Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Portraits of Prominent Philadelphians by Distinguished Artists , January 1929, no. 45 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, A Collection of Paintings by Thomas Eakins given to the Museum by his wife Susan Macdowell Eakins and their friend Miss Mary A. Williams , March-April 1930 Newark, New Jersey, Newark Museum, American Paintings, and Sculpture: Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture from the Museum's Collections, 1944, no. 35, p. 76, illustrated Madison, New Jersey, Drew University, February-March 1961 Literature Philadelphia Museum of Art , "Catalogue of Paintings of Thomas Eakins," The Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin, March 1930, v. 25, p. 25, no. 133 American Art in the Newark Museum , Newark, New Jersey, 1981, p. 120, illustrated (as Man in the Red Necktie )