Mrs. H. Lea Hudson (Mary Mason Hudson)
Date
1932Medium
Pastel on light brown paper mounted on board under framed matCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
27 3/8 x 18 1/2 in.Description & Inscriptions
[bottom right of drawing in sanguine pencil]: Violet / Oakley / 1932; [verso in black ink]: Mrs. H. Lea Hudson / née Miss Mary Mason / V.O.; [verso in graphite to right of "Hudson"]: ("Polly")
Mary Mason served as a nurse's aide during WWII and was later active in education and the arts in Philadelphia, particularly the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Born in Germantown, Mrs. Hudson later lived in Valley Forge after her marriage in 1935 to Henry Lea Hudson.
Mary Mason served as a nurse's aide during WWII and was later active in education and the arts in Philadelphia, particularly the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Born in Germantown, Mrs. Hudson later lived in Valley Forge after her marriage in 1935 to Henry Lea Hudson.
