Terrace at Hurstbourne Park

Landscapes Made Around the World

Object Details

Title:

Date:

1923

Artist:

Medium:

Pastel on light blue

Dimensions

19 x 23 7/8 in.

Classification

Drawings-watercolors

Credit Line:

Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015

Description

[bottom left of blue paper in graphite]: Violet Oakley, 1923; [verso upper left in graphite]: Terrace at Hurstbourne Park / by Violet Oakley / Price $150.00; [verso upper right in graphite]: not / for saleHurstbourne Park is located in Hampstead County, England. The country house Oakley depicts was demolished in 1965.

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