# Study for "The Dancing Lesson": The Banjo Player

- By: Thomas Eakins (American, 1844 - 1916)
- Date: probably 1877
- Medium: oil on canvas on cardboard
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 49.5 x 37.9 cm (19 1/2 x 14 15/16 in.) ; framed: 57.9 x 45.7 x 3.5 cm (22 13/16 x 18 x 1 3/8 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.66414.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/9b65e8fc-64e8-429f-948a-4073d5f5478f/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)