# The Chaperone

- By: Thomas Eakins (American, 1844 - 1916)
- Date: c. 1908
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: overall: 46.3 x 36.2 cm (18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.) ; framed: 63.5 x 53.3 x 8.3 cm (25 x 21 x 3 1/4 in.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Gift of John Wilmerding, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.72165.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/c48960dd-ffe9-4602-9b5e-68802f699053/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)