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Which painting includes Thomas Eakins rowing in the background?
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Thomas Eakins
Portrait of Dr. Samuel D. Gross (The Gross Clinic), oil on canvas by Thomas Eakins, 1875; part of the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Art Museum. 2 Ć 2.5 m.
The painting that includes Thomas Eakins rowing in the background is titled The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), painted in 1871.12
Eakins, who was an avid rower, included his own portrait in the middle distance of the composition as a rower behind his boyhood friend, Max Schmitt. To ensure the inclusion was clear, Eakins also painted his signature and the date of the work on the side of the boat.12