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Portraits: Mystery Works

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During her long career, Violet Oakley made well over a thousand portraits. In many, the sitter has yet to be identified with certainty. Help us discover the identity of these unknown subjects by letting us know if you recognize someone.

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Works in Woodmere’s Collection

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Works in Other Collections

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Portrait study of unidentified man, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Bust portrait study of unidentified woman in profile wearing a cloche hat, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Portrait head study of unidentified woman, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Half figure study of unidentified woman, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Portrait study of a woman reclining on a divan, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Portrait study of an Italian American artist, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Untitled [Portrait study of two women (To Margaret Levy)], date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of Ofelia Garcia, 2011)

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Portraits

Edith Emerson
Edith Emerson
Aunt Fanny (Frances Elizabeth Oakley), c. 1895, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)
Oakley Family
Oakley Family
Beatrice Harrison, "The Lady of the Nightingales" [Woman with Cello], date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)
Friends, Colleagues, and Acquaintances
Friends, Colleagues, and Acquaintances
Portrait study of Gertrude Houston Woodward, c. 1926, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2012)
Woodward Family
Woodward Family
Portrait study of delegate from Japan to the League of Nations, 1927-29, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)
League of Nations Portraits
League of Nations Portraits
United Nations Portraits
United Nations Portraits
Portrait study of unidentified delegate to the 1949 World Assembly for Moral Re-Armament, Caux, Switzerland, 1949, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)
Moral Re-Armament Assembly Portraits
Moral Re-Armament Assembly Portraits
Portrait study of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (née Anna Eleanor Roosevelt), drawn from memory, date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)
Portraits: Additional Works
Portraits: Additional Works