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VIOLET OAKLEY.
Study for Century Magazine Cover.
Oil on stiff card. 485x310 mm; 19x12
1
/
4
inches. Signed at the bottom in light paint, “Christmas
Cover Pe[n]sion. V. Oakley.” Provenance: Present owner obtained from Edith Emerson,
Oakley’s personal secretary and friend, in the early 1900s Not examined out of frame.
[8,000/12,000]
A study in oil for a 1902 cover of Century Magazine by the celebrated muralist and
Brandywine artist/illustrator.