# Singing a Pathetic Song

- By: Thomas Eakins (American, 1844 - 1916)
- Date: 1881
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 114.3 × 81.8 cm (45 × 32 3/16 in.) ; framed: 132.7 × 100.3 × 8.3 cm (52 1/4 × 39 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund, 1919)
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.166446.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/7797b2c1-a444-44d6-ad8b-714f0403a7d9/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)