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Portrait study of Mrs. William Van Duzer Lawrence (Sarah Bates Lawrence)
Portrait study of Mrs. William Van Duzer Lawrence (Sarah Bates Lawrence)

Portrait study of Mrs. William Van Duzer Lawrence (Sarah Bates Lawrence)

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Object Details

Title:
Portrait study of Mrs. William Van Duzer Lawrence (Sarah Bates Lawrence)
Date:
c. 1910
Artist:
Medium:
Sanguine, brown and white pastel on paper
Dimensions
24 1/2 x 19 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom left in graphite]: Mrs LawrenceAn advocate of higher education for young women, Mrs. Lawrence was memorialized by the college her husband built in her honor, Sarah Lawrence College. The Lawrences, especially their daughter Louise, were close friends of Oakley.

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