The Revenge of Thomas Eakins.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Master and Apprentice -- 1 The Eakins Family of Philadelphia -- 2 Master Benjamin -- 3 The Art of the Penman -- 4 An Uncertain Future -- 5 The Medical Arts and the Fine Arts -- 6 The Pennsylvania Academy -- 7 A Dangerous Young Adonis -- 8 From Temple to Palace -- 9 Heads and Hands -- 10 Letters Home -- 11 Rough Around the Edges -- 12 The Artist and His Muse -- 13 Picture Making -- Part II: Artist and Educator -- 14 The Road Less Traveled -- 15 Champion Oarsman -- 16 The Biglin Brothers Racing -- 17 Hikers and Hunters -- 18 Uncompromising Realism -- 19 A Good and Decent Girl -- 20 The Blood-Covered Scalpel -- 21 A Degradation of Art -- 22 Painting Heads -- 23 The Unflinching Eye -- 24 Talk of the Town -- 25 Nymph in the Fountain -- 26 The Open Door -- 27 A May Morning in the Park -- 28 Jerusalem in New Jersey -- 29 Tripod and Easel -- 30 Nudes and Prudes -- 31 The Lovely Young Men of Dove Lake -- Part III: Exposed and Expelled -- 32 Philanthropists and Philistines -- 33 The Hanging Committee -- 34 Point of No Return -- 35 Demons and Demigods -- 36 The Family Skeleton -- 37 Black Care -- 38 The Bard of Camden -- 39 A League of His Own -- 40 Dressed and Undressed -- 41 Portraits by a Modern Master -- 42 Horrors of the Dissecting Table -- 43 Casting for Commissions -- 44 The Pied Piper of Philadelphia -- Part IV: Forgiven and Forgotten -- 45 Portrait of a Physicist -- 46 Down for the Count -- 47 Outlaw in an Undershirt -- 48 Pictured Lives -- 49 Ponti¤s and Prelates -- 50 Return to Rush -- 51 Artist in Residence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

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