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Illustration studies for Cathedral of Compassion: Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams 1860-1935 [Philadelphia, 1955]
Illustration studies for Cathedral of Compassion: Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams 1860-1935 [Philadelphia, 1955]

Illustration studies for Cathedral of Compassion: Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams 1860-1935 [Philadelphia, 1955]

Cathedral of Compassion: A Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams, 1860-1935 [Philadelphia]
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Object Details

Title:
Illustration studies for Cathedral of Compassion: Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams 1860-1935 [Philadelphia, 1955]
Date:
c. 1955
Artist:
Medium:
White chalk on black paper
Dimensions
13 x 10 in.
Classification
Books
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[below top illustration in white chalk]: Women of Egypt Forever Carrying / The Waters of the Nile; [below middle illustration in white chalk]: The Making of / BreadNone of Oakley’s studies of Egyptian women at work (B-109, B-124, B-125, and B-126) were published in Cathedral of Compassion.

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