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Title: ‘Swimming’ gets artist in hot water
Author: Kennedy, Joseph S.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Date: 6/9/2002
Folder/Item #: Dove Lake; 16
Notes:
Abstract: ‘Thomas Eakins’ ‘The Swimming Hole’ led to his forced resignation from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; nude swimming offended Victorian sensibilities