The peak in creating portraits of the master reached after the creation of the work “The Gross Clinic”, described by critics as one of the greatest portraits ever created in America.
On the canvas, a famous Philadelphia surgeon, Samuel D. Gross, runs the operation at the Jefferson Medical College. The unusual lighting and heroic image of the doctor, reflecting the discipline of modern surgery, did not help the picture to get to the exhibition in 1876. The commission rejected the canvas on the basis of excess blood.
Related Paintings 
Clinique Gross – Thomas Ikins 
Swimming place (pond) by Thomas Eakins 
Clínica bruta – Thomas Eakins 
Max Schmitt in the boat by Thomas Eakins 
Portrait of Eneaj Lloyd with Sister Lucy by Thomas Gainsborough 
William Pointe of Midgehem and his dog Amber by Thomas Gainsborough 
Lieu de baignade (étang) – Thomas Eakins 
Max Schmitt en un barco – Thomas Eakins
Clinique Gross – Thomas Ikins Swimming place (pond) by Thomas Eakins Clínica bruta – Thomas Eakins Max Schmitt in the boat by Thomas Eakins Portrait of Eneaj Lloyd with Sister Lucy by Thomas Gainsborough William Pointe of Midgehem and his dog Amber by Thomas Gainsborough Lieu de baignade (étang) – Thomas Eakins Max Schmitt en un barco – Thomas Eakins