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| Accession # | 27.50 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Thomas Eakins |
| Title | Letitia Wilson Jordan |
| Date | 1888 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 59 15/16 x 40 3/16 in. (152.3 x 102 cm) frame: 68 7/16 x 48 11/16 x 4 1/2 in. (173.8 x 123.7 x 11.4 cm) |
| Inscriptions | Inscribed lower right: "TO MY FRIEND / D.W. JORDAN / EAKINS.88" |
| Signed | Unsigned |
| Credit Line | Dick S. Ramsay Fund |
| Location | American Identities: Modern Life |
Curatorial Remarks: Letitia Wilson Jordan was the sister of Thomas Eakins’s friend and student David Wilson Jordan. Eakins had seen her at a party and was so taken with the young woman that he asked her to pose for him in the same outfit she had worn that evening.
The thoughtful, distanced expression on Jordan’s face evidences Eakins’s interest in conveying the emotional essence of his subjects. The careful modeling of the sitter’s body is characteristic of Eakins’s unflinching naturalism.
