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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 Agnew Clinic was commissioned by medical students at the University of Pennsylvania. The purpose of the commission was to honor the surgeon and anatomist Dr. David Agnew upon his retirement from teaching.1