Taking the Count

Taking the Count is an 1898 painting by American artist Thomas Eakins. It is part of the collection of the Yale University Art Gallery, in New Haven.^[1]

Taking the Count
Artist	Thomas Eakins
Year	1898 (1898)
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	264.2 cm × 235 cm (104.0 in × 93 in)
Location	Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven

This depiction of a prizefight marks Eakins' return to anatomical studies of the male figure, this time in a more urban setting. Taking the Count was his second largest canvas, but not his most successful composition.^[2] The same may be said of his Wrestlers (1899). More successful was Between Rounds (1899), for which boxer Billy Smith posed seated in his corner at Philadelphia's Arena; in fact, all of principal figures in this composition were posed by models re-enacting what had been an actual boxing match.^[3]

See also

• List of works by Thomas Eakins
• 1898 in art