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Portrait study of Willard and Barbara Emerson
Portrait study of Willard and Barbara Emerson

Portrait study of Willard and Barbara Emerson

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Object Details

Title:
Portrait study of Willard and Barbara Emerson
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Pastel on light green paper
Dimensions
12 x 9 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom left in graphite]: Willard & BarbaraThe adult and child depicted by a lake are Edith Emerson's brother and niece. Six years younger than Edith, Willard Emerson (1894-1966) was an investment banker and after WWII became a professor at his alma mater, Cornell University. In 1951 he was appointed Vice President of University Development. Two years later he returned to investment banking. Willard and his wife Ethel had four children, Ann, Jonathan, Willard, Jr., and Barbara, who is depicted here with her father.

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