SAMUEL MURRAY ASTRIDE BILLY IN 1892
SAMUEL MURRAY (1869-1941), born in Philadelphia, and educated in the city's parochial schools, entered the Art Students' League of Philadelphia in September 1886 at 17. Studying under Thomas Eakins, he soon became a favored student, then Eakins's assistant, and was listed as an instructor by 1892. Eakins and Murray shared a studio at 1330 Chestnut Street from 1892 to about 1900, sometimes painting and sculpting from the same model. Eakins painted an 1889 portrait of Murray and featured him in a number of drawings and photographs.
BELOW, MURRAY IN THE CHESTNUT STREET STUDIO, CIRCA 1892
BELOW, PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL MURRAY BY THOMAS EAKINS, 1889