Keywords: Thomas Eakins - The Biglin Brothers Racing.jpg Artwork Creator Thomas Eakins 1872 oil canvas cm 61 2 91 6 National Gallery of Art West Main Floor Gallery 65 object history The artist 1844-1916; by inheritance 1916 to his wife Susan Macdowell Eakins Mrs Thomas Eakins 1851-1938 Philadelphia; sold 1933 through E A Milch Inc New York to the Whitney Museum of American Art New York; consigned 18 February 1950 to M Knoedler Co New York ; sold 19 April 1950 to Mr and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney New York; bequest 1953 to NGA credit line Gift of Mr and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney accession number 1953 7 1 http //www nga gov/fcgi-bin/tinfo_f acc 1953 7 1 The National Gallery of Art Washington D C PD-old-auto-1923 1916 Paintings by Thomas Eakins The biglin brothers American paintings in the National Gallery of Art Rowing in art The biglin brothers 1872 paintings Paintings of men sitting in boats |