Illustration studies for Cathedral of Compassion: Dramatic Outline of the Life of Jane Addams 1860-1935 [Philadelphia, 1955]
Date
c. 1955Medium
Graphite on paper with guidelines in graphiteCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
11 x 8 1/2 in.Description & Inscriptions
[below bottom illustration in graphite]: Women…in Egypt, forever carrying the waters / of the Nile that the corn might not perish; [bottom right in graphite]: ?
None of Oakley’s studies of Egyptian women at work (B-109, B-124, B-125, and B-126) were published in Cathedral of Compassion.
None of Oakley’s studies of Egyptian women at work (B-109, B-124, B-125, and B-126) were published in Cathedral of Compassion.
