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Salutat

1898

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The story

The boxer is featherweight Billy Smith, who actually lost the April 1898 bout in the final round, yet Eakins painted him saluting the crowd as victor. Eakins carved a Latin line about the victorious right hand into the frame, and the picture never sold in his lifetime.

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Object details

Title: Salutat
Artist: Thomas Eakins
Date: 1898
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover (1930.18)
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0942
Original image: 2375 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

Thomas Eakins. Salutat. 1898. Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover (1930.18). Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0942/