ART WIKI
The Biglin Brothers Racing, Thomas Eakins, 1872
Thomas Eakins, portraitThomas EakinsAmerican, 1844–1916

The Biglin Brothers Racing

1872 · Painting

Can I see it?

Yes, on view now

Where is “The Biglin Brothers Racing” now? National Gallery of Art, Gallery 68 · West Building, Main Floor, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Room68 · West Building, Main Floor

Open now· until 5:00 PM

On public display.

Checked
In this state since
Source
The museum
On the mapMuseum page

Details

Accession number
1953.7.1

What it shows

AmusementBoatingBiglin brothersBiglin, Bernard (Barney)Biglin, John

In the catalog

PaintingsOilAmerican paintingRealismImpressionism19th centuryAmericanRealist

Sources

In the life of Thomas Eakins

The whole life

  1. 1869–1870

    Travel: Spain

  2. 1870–1916 · Workplace

    Philadelphia

  3. 1874

    Engaged to Kathrin Crowell

    Eakins became engaged to Kathrin Crowell, the sitter of his first large portrait; the engagement lasted five years, until her death.

More by Thomas Eakins

All works
The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull), Thomas Eakins, 1871

Max Schmitt in a Single Scull

1871 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Carmelita Requena, Thomas Eakins, 1869

Carmelita Requena

1869 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Street Scene in Seville, Thomas Eakins, 1870

A Street Scene in Seville

1870 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pushing for Rail, Thomas Eakins, 1874

Pushing for Rail

1874 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Chess Players, Thomas Eakins, 1876

The Chess Players

1876 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Singing a Pathetic Song, Thomas Eakins, 1881

Singing a Pathetic Song

1881 · National Gallery of Art

The Writing Master, Thomas Eakins, 1882

The Writing Master

1882 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Arcadia, Thomas Eakins, ca. 1883

Arcadia

ca. 1883 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In the same room · M-068, National Gallery of Art

Museum page
Battersea Reach, James McNeill Whistler, c. 1863

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Battersea Reach, c. 1863

Right and Left, Winslow Homer, 1909

Winslow Homer

Right and Left, 1909

Hound and Hunter, Winslow Homer, 1892

Winslow Homer

Hound and Hunter, 1892

Sparrow Hall, Winslow Homer, c. 1881-1882

Winslow Homer

Sparrow Hall, c. 1881-1882

Autumn, Winslow Homer, 1877

Winslow Homer

Autumn, 1877

Sketch of a Cottage Yard, Winslow Homer, c. 1876

Winslow Homer

Sketch of a Cottage Yard, c. 1876

School Time, Winslow Homer, c. 1874

Winslow Homer

School Time, c. 1874

The Flirt, Winslow Homer, 1874

Winslow Homer

The Flirt, 1874

On the same theme · Amusement

All works on the theme
Woman at the Seashore (Femme au bord de la mer), Pablo Picasso, 1923 or 1924

Pablo Picasso

Woman at the Seashore (Femme au bord de la mer), 1923 or 1924

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Variation on Delacroix's "Women of Algiers": IX, Pablo Picasso, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Variation on Delacroix's "Women of Algiers": IX, 1955

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Variation on Delacroix's "Women of Algiers": IV, Pablo Picasso, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Variation on Delacroix's "Women of Algiers": IV, 1955

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Woman Sitting in a Garden [verso], Pablo Picasso, 1901

Pablo Picasso

Woman Sitting in a Garden [verso], 1901

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Variation on Delacroix's "Women of Algiers": I, Pablo Picasso, 1955

Pablo Picasso

Variation on Delacroix's "Women of Algiers": I, 1955

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

The Acrobats (Les saltimbanques), Pablo Picasso, 1905, published 1913

Pablo Picasso

The Acrobats (Les saltimbanques), 1905, published 1913

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Nude Seated before a Curtain (Femme nue assise devant un rideau), Pablo Picasso, 1931

Pablo Picasso

Nude Seated before a Curtain (Femme nue assise devant un rideau), 1931

Not on view · National Gallery of Art

Pique I, Pablo Picasso, 1959

Pablo Picasso

Pique I, 1959

Not on view · National Gallery of Art