Riter Fitzgerald

Philadelphia, Earles’ Galleries, Eakins Exhibition, 1876. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Sixty–fifth Annual Exhibition, Dec. 23, 1895–Feb. 22, 1896, cat. 112, as Portrait of Riter Fitzgerald, Esq. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the Late Thomas Eakins, Dec. 23, 1917–Jan. 13, 1918, cat. 112, as Portrait: Riter Fitzgerald, Critic. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Thomas Eakins 1844–1916, 1930, cat. 76. Pittsburg, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Thomas Eakins, 1844–1916: Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, Apr. 26–June 1, 1944, cat. 23. New York, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Jan. 17–Feb. 16, 1958. Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available]. Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Thomas Eakins: A Retrospective Exhibition, Oct. 8–Nov. 12, 1961, cat. 65; Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 1, 1961–Jan. 7, 1962, and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Feb. 1–Mar. 18, 1962. New York City, Whitney Museum of American Art, A Loan Exhibition of the Works of Thomas Eakins, 1844–1944, Sep–Nov. 1970. San Marino, Calif., Huntington Museum, July 10, 1986–Apr. 17, 1987.

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