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The Book of the Words: Westchester County Historical Pageant: 1614, 1846 [Philadelphia?]

The Book of the Words: Westchester County Historical Pageant: 1614, 1846 [Philadelphia?]

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The Book of the Words: Westchester County Historical Pageant: 1614, 1846 [Philadelphia?]

Works in Woodmere’s Collection

Poster (and possibly book cover) design study for Westchester County Historical Pageant (May 29 and June 1, 1909) Bronxville, NY, c. 1909, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)
Poster (and possibly book cover) design study for Westchester County Historical Pageant (May 29 and June 1, 1909) Bronxville, NY, c. 1909, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)
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Poster (and possibly book cover) design study for Westchester County Historical Pageant (May 29 and June 1, 1909) Bronxville, NY, c. 1909, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)
Illuminated text study of Prologue [page 15] for The Book of the Words: Westchester County Historical Pageant: 1614, 1846 [Philadelphia?, c. 1909]
Illuminated text study of Prologue [page 15] for The Book of the Words: Westchester County Historical Pageant: 1614, 1846 [Philadelphia?, c. 1909]
Books
Illuminated text study of Prologue [page 15] for The Book of the Words: Westchester County Historical Pageant: 1614, 1846 [Philadelphia?, c. 1909]

Works in Other Collections

Prologue, Invitation to the Westchester County Pageant, 1909, by Violet Oakley (Courtesy of the Drexel Collection, Drexel University)

Poster (and possibly book cover) design study for Westchester County Historical Pageant (May 29 and June 1, 1909) Bronxville, NY, c. 1909, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)|Prologue, Invitation to the Westchester County Pageant, 1909, by Violet Oakley (Courtesy of the Drexel Collection, Drexel University)|Illuminated text study of Prologue [page 15] for The Book of the Words: Westchester County Historical Pageant: 1614, 1846 [Philadelphia?, c. 1909], c. 1909, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)

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Books and Illuminated Texts

The Holy Experiment: A Message to the World from Pennsylvania, 1922, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of Mr. Charles N.H. Dodge and Mrs. Pierre C. Fraley, 1975)
Books
Books
The Holy Experiment: A Message to the World from Pennsylvania [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio Publications]
The Holy Experiment: A Message to the World from Pennsylvania [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio Publications]
The Holy Experiment: Our Heritage from William Penn, 1644-1944 [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio]
The Holy Experiment: Our Heritage from William Penn, 1644-1944 [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio]
Law Triumphant: The Opening of the Book of the Law and the Miracle of Geneva [Philadelphia, 1933] by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum)
Law Triumphant: A Portfolio in Two Parts Containing the Opening of the Book of the Law and The Miracle of Geneva [Philadelphia]
Law Triumphant: A Portfolio in Two Parts Containing the Opening of the Book of the Law and The Miracle of Geneva [Philadelphia]
Canticle of the Fountain “Design for a fountain of the Water of Life" (Mock-Up for a Special Edition Book), page 2, including a Drawing of Eve at the Feet of Mary (Proposal for a Fountain) (Philadelphia and Rome, 1937), by Violet Oakley (Philadelphia Museum of Art: Gift of Theodore T. Newbold and Helen Cunningham, 2009, https://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/306554.html?mulR=942421592|1#)
Canticle of the Fountain “Design for a fountain of the Water of Life" (Mock-Up for a Special Edition Book) including a Drawing of Eve at the Feet of Mary (Proposal for a Fountain) [Philadelphia and Rome]
Canticle of the Fountain “Design for a fountain of the Water of Life" (Mock-Up for a Special Edition Book) including a Drawing of Eve at the Feet of Mary (Proposal for a Fountain) [Philadelphia and Rome]
Christ, My Refuge, One of Seven Hymns by Mary Baker Eddy, illustrated by Violet Oakley [Boston: The trustees under the will of Mary Baker Eddy, 1939] (Woodmere Art Museum)
Christ, My Refuge, One of Seven Hymns by Mary Baker Eddy, illustrated by Violet Oakley [Boston: The trustees under the will of Mary Baker Eddy]
Christ, My Refuge, One of Seven Hymns by Mary Baker Eddy, illustrated by Violet Oakley [Boston: The trustees under the will of Mary Baker Eddy]
Samuel F.B. Morse: A Dramatic Outline of the Life of the Father of Telegraphy and the Founder of The National Academy of Design [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio, 1939], by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum)
Samuel F.B. Morse: A Dramatic Outline of the Life of the Father of Telegraphy and the Founder of The National Academy of Design [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio]
Samuel F.B. Morse: A Dramatic Outline of the Life of the Father of Telegraphy and the Founder of The National Academy of Design [Philadelphia: Cogslea Studio]
Cathedral of Compassion: A Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams, 1860-1935 [Philadelphia, 1955), by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum] (https://archive.org/details/cathedralofcompa00oakl)
Cathedral of Compassion: A Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams, 1860-1935 [Philadelphia]
Cathedral of Compassion: A Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams, 1860-1935 [Philadelphia]
Cover design for Appointed to be Read in Churches (Mock-up for a special edition, unpublished book) [Cogslea Studio], date unknown, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015)
Appointed to be Read in Churches (Mock-up for a special edition, unpublished book) [Cogslea Studio]
Appointed to be Read in Churches (Mock-up for a special edition, unpublished book) [Cogslea Studio]
Illumination of Psalm XIX: 14 ["Let the words of my mouth…"], 1942, by Violet Oakley (Woodmere Art Museum: Gift of the Estate of Helen F. Faust, 2012)
Illuminated Texts
Illuminated Texts

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