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Study for the teacher (Mary Nixon, model), "Unity" mural, from the series The Creation and Preservation of the Union, Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol
Study for the teacher (Mary Nixon, model), "Unity" mural, from the series The Creation and Preservation of the Union, Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol

Study for the teacher (Mary Nixon, model), "Unity" mural, from the series The Creation and Preservation of the Union, Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol

Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol, "The Creation and Preservation of the Union"
,
Harrisburg, PA

Object Details

Title:
Study for the teacher (Mary Nixon, model), "Unity" mural, from the series The Creation and Preservation of the Union, Senate Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol
Date:
c. 1911–17
Artist:
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
30 x 22 in.
Classification
No items found.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[verso on label 1 of 2 in ink]: Violet Oakley / Study for "Unity" panel, / Teacher, Senate, Penna / Capitol, Harriburg - / (Model, Mary Nixon) - in / Group of Educators; [verso on label 2 of 2 in graphite]: 74 in triangle; [verso on stretcher in ink]: MH-420

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