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Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916). <em>Letitia Wilson Jordan</em>, 1888. Oil on canvas, 59 15/16 x 40 3/16 in. (152.3 x 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 27.50 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 27.50_SL1.jpg)
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916). Letitia Wilson Jordan, 1888. Oil on canvas, 59 15/16 x 40 3/16 in. (152.3 x 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 27.50 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 27.50_SL1.jpg)
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916). <em>Letitia Wilson Jordan</em>, 1888. Oil on canvas, 59 15/16 x 40 3/16 in. (152.3 x 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 27.50 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 27.50_SL1.jpg)

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916). Letitia Wilson Jordan, 1888. Oil on canvas, 59 15/16 x 40 3/16 in. (152.3 x 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 27.50 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 27.50_SL1.jpg)

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916). <em>Letitia Wilson Jordan</em>, 1888. Oil on canvas, 59 15/16 x 40 3/16 in. (152.3 x 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 27.50 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.27.50.jpg)

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916). Letitia Wilson Jordan, 1888. Oil on canvas, 59 15/16 x 40 3/16 in. (152.3 x 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 27.50 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.27.50.jpg)

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916). <em>Letitia Wilson Jordan</em>, 1888. Oil on canvas, 59 15/16 x 40 3/16 in. (152.3 x 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 27.50 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.27.50_1969_xrs_detail01.jpg)

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916). Letitia Wilson Jordan, 1888. Oil on canvas, 59 15/16 x 40 3/16 in. (152.3 x 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 27.50 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.27.50_1969_xrs_detail01.jpg)

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916). <em>Letitia Wilson Jordan</em>, 1888. Oil on canvas, 59 15/16 x 40 3/16 in. (152.3 x 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 27.50 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.27.50_1969_xrs_detail02.jpg)

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916). Letitia Wilson Jordan, 1888. Oil on canvas, 59 15/16 x 40 3/16 in. (152.3 x 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 27.50 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CONS.27.50_1969_xrs_detail02.jpg)

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916). <em>Letitia Wilson Jordan</em>, 1888. Oil on canvas, 59 15/16 x 40 3/16 in. (152.3 x 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 27.50 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.27.50_detail.jpg)

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916). Letitia Wilson Jordan, 1888. Oil on canvas, 59 15/16 x 40 3/16 in. (152.3 x 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 27.50 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.27.50_detail.jpg)

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Letitia Wilson Jordan

Thomas Eakins

American Art

On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Visions and Myths of a Nation, 1800–1890
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.
ARTIST Thomas Eakins, American, 1844-1916
MEDIUM Oil on canvas
  • Place Made: United States
    • DATES 1888
    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)  (show scale)
    SIGNATURE Unsigned
    INSCRIPTIONS Inscribed lower right: "TO MY FRIEND / D.W. JORDAN / EAKINS.88"
    COLLECTIONS American Art
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Visions and Myths of a Nation, 1800–1890
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    ACCESSION NUMBER 27.50
    CREDIT LINE Dick S. Ramsay Fund
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    CAPTION Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916). Letitia Wilson Jordan, 1888. Oil on canvas, 59 15/16 x 40 3/16 in. (152.3 x 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 27.50 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 27.50_SL1.jpg)
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    Thomas Eakins (American, 1844-1916). <em>Letitia Wilson Jordan</em>, 1888. Oil on canvas, 59 15/16 x 40 3/16 in. (152.3 x 102 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 27.50 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 27.50_SL1.jpg)

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