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==''The Gross Clinic''==
==''The Gross Clinic''==
[[Image:Gross Clinic.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Thomas Eakins ''The Gross Clinic'' (1875)]]
In 1875 Eakins embarked on a painting intended for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, and as his subject he returned to Jefferson Medical College where he sat and observed the teaching of Dr. Gross. The result was a large painting, ''The Gross Clinic'', which showed Gross standing before his students in a moment of explanation, the bloody scalpel in his hand fresh from opening an insision for his assistants, while the patient's mother flings an arm before her face to shield herself from the scene, her emotions in sharp contrast to the patience displayed by Dr. Gross.
In 1875 Eakins embarked on a painting intended for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, and as his subject he returned to Jefferson Medical College where he sat and observed the teaching of Dr. Gross. The result was a large painting, ''The Gross Clinic'', which showed Gross standing before his students in a moment of explanation, the bloody scalpel in his hand fresh from opening an insision for his assistants, while the patient's mother flings an arm before her face to shield herself from the scene, her emotions in sharp contrast to the patience displayed by Dr. Gross.