Miss Jean Penn-Gaskell Hancock (descendant of William Penn)

Object Details

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Date:

Date unknown

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Medium:

Pastel on pink paper

Dimensions

22 x 17 in.

Classification

Drawings-watercolors

Credit Line:

Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015

Description

[bottom right in white pastel]: Violet / Oakley; [verso label 1 of 5 in black ink]: Violet Oakley [space] (Pastel) / Miss Jean Penn-Gaskell / Hancock / (Descendant of William Penn) / Portrait [space] [in brown ink]: Coll T; [verso label 2 of 5 in black type]: Loan No. 29.1976; [verso label 3 of 5 in black type]: Oakley, Violet, (1874-1961), / Miss Jean Penn-Gaskill [sic] / Hancock, 27 3/4 x 22 1/4 x / 2 1/4, A53B; [verso label 4 of 5 in faded black ink]: 35 [in triangle]; [verso hanging label in red ink]: Oakley / Miss Jean / Penn-Gaskill [sic] / Hancock / H

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