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Study for "William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River"

A work made of oil on canvas mounted on board.

Study for "William Rush Carving His Allegorical Figure of the Schuylkill River"

Thomas Eakins · 1876–77

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Palette

Bistre
70% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.4:1

Sepia
21% of the image
Brown · text contrast 8.9:1

Bronze
4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.2:1

Sand
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.1:1

Raw umber
2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.3:1

Khaki
1% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist: Thomas Eakins
Date: 1876–77
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil on canvas mounted on board
Size: 35.9 × 28.6 cm (14 1/8 × 11 1/4 in.)
Place: United States
Period: Realism · 19th century
Themes: Portraits · Rivers and lakes
Main colour: Black · lightness 24, colourfulness 12

Art Institute of Chicago, Bequest of Dr. John J. Ireland. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules