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TitleThe Spinner

Creator nameEakins, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1876

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

LocationWorcester Art Museum, Massachusetts

https://worcester.emuseum.com/objects/17808/the-spinner

Accession number1929.123

SubjectsGenre painting, American--19th centurySpinning in artArtists' preparatory studies

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Darrel Sewell (Editor)

PublisherPhiladelphia Museum of Art

Related print edition pages: pp.211-223

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Chapter subject tags:Eakins, Thomas, 1844-1916Painting, American--19th centuryWatercolor painting, American--19th centuryGenre painting, American--19th centuryArt criticism--United States--History--19th centurySculpture, American--19th century

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