450924 Knitting, 1882-83 (cast 1886) (sand-cast bronze) by Eakins, Thomas Cowperthwait (1844-1916); 46.8 x 37.5 x 8.9 cm; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, PA, USA; (add.info.: In 1882, Eakins was asked to create two decorative panels for a fireplace mantle in the home of Philadelphia businessman James P. Scott. Eakins based Spinning and Knitting on two earlier watercolors, Homespun and Seventy Years Ago, and in 1883 sent the plaster models to Scott, intending to have the works ultimately carved in stone. However, disputes over cost eventually led Scott to decline the panels. Eakins had the works cast in bronze in 1886. ); 穢 Philadelphia Museum of Art ; Gift of Charlene Sussel in memory of her husband, Eugene Sussel, 1992; American, out of copyright.