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George Frank Stephens or Jesse Godley Nude by Thomas Eakins

1850–1889

George Frank Stephens or Jesse Godley Nude

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The identity is unresolved—PAFA catalogs the sitter as George Frank Stephens or Jesse Godley—but the body is presented with Eakins’s characteristic bluntness. The photography shed turns academic figure study into something stark, physical, and immediate.

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Catalog, source & rights details

Catalog titleGeorge Frank Stephens or Jesse Godley nude, in University of Pennsylvania photography shed

Era1850–1889

ThemesStudy, American

Rights / licenseNo known copyright restrictions / PAFA

Publication statusReady to Publish — Free

Publication noteSubstituted for the unresolved Getty scan of Naked Series: Frank Stephens. PAFA supplies a downloadable Eakins photograph and explicitly states no known copyright restrictions. PAFA catalogs the sitter as George Frank Stephens or Jesse Godley.

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