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Rowing Slowly Home
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28 Rowing Slowly Home In 1892, Eakins crossed the Delaware River to Camden to take Whitman’s death mask Nails white from molding plaster to the hills of Whitman’s dead face, his hard oar draws back the water reveals the unshielded nineteenth century eyes sinking like lily pads beneath the river’s scum. ...