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Princess Scherbatow (née Angela Mills of New York)
Princess Scherbatow (née Angela Mills of New York)

Princess Scherbatow (née Angela Mills of New York)

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Object Details

Title:
Princess Scherbatow (née Angela Mills of New York)
Date:
1952
Artist:
Medium:
Pastel on blue paper between hinged mats with framing lines in brown ink wash
Dimensions
18 ½ x 12 ½
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom left in white chalk]: Violet / Oakley / 1952; [verso printed label 1 of 5 re PAFA and The Philadelphia Water Color Club Fiftieth Annual Water Color and Print Exhibition, Oct. 19-Nov. 23, 1952]: [artist]: Violet Oakley / [return address]: St. George's Road / Phila. 19, Pa. / [Title]: Princess Scherbatow / [medium]: chalk; [verso label 2 of 5 in black ink]: P-766; [verso label 3 of 5 in printed black ink]: 75 Princess Scherbatow, Florida, 1952; [verso label 4 of 5 in black ink]: Study-- [in red ink] PD-12 / Portrait of Angela, / Princess Scherbatow; [verso label 5 of 5 in black ink]: St. Augustine, Florida 1952 / by Violet Oakley / St. George's Road / Philadelphia, 19. Pa.; [verso on back board in black ink]: Princess Scherbatow / St. Augustine / Florida

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