Portrait study of Louise Lawrence Meigs

Sarah Lawrence College
,
Bronxville, NY

Object Details

Title:
Portrait study of Louise Lawrence Meigs
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Black pastel on paper
Dimensions
20 5/8 x 13 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom left in graphite]: Louise Meigs study / VO's "best friend"; [verso in graphite]: LM. Hester O's roommate at Vassar -- / maiden name: / Louise Lawrence (father founder of / Lwrn. Cllg.)Daughter of Williams Van Duzer and Sarah Lawrence, Louise was college roommate and close friend to Oakley's sister Hester, after whom she named her daughter.

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