The Gross Clinic

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The Gross Clinic or The Clinic of Dr. Gross is an 1875 painting by the American artist Thomas Eakins. It is an oil on canvas and measures 8 feet (240 cm) by 6.5 feet (200 cm). The painting depicts Samuel D. Gross, a seventy-year-old professor dressed in a black frock coat, lecturing a group of Jefferson Medical College students. Included among the group is a self-portrait of Eakins, who is seen at the right-hand edge of the painting, next to the tunnel railing, with a white cuffed sleeve sketching or writing. Seen over Gross's right shoulder (on the left-hand side of the painting) is the clinic clerk, Franklin West, taking notes on the operation. Eakins's signature is painted on the front of the surgical table.

Read on Wikipedia · Image Thomas Eakins, American, 1844 - 1916 (1844 - 1916) – Artist/Maker (American) Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Details on Google Ar…, Public domain