Portrait study of Hester writing in bed
Date
c. 1895Medium
Pen and ink on onion skin paperCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
7 1/2 x 10 in.Description & Inscriptions
[bottom right in graphite]: V.O; [verso in graphite]: Hester O by / VO c 1895
Hester Caldwell Oakley Ward (1871–1905) was Oakley's older sister. She died during an outbreak of typhoid fever in Brooklyn.
Hester Caldwell Oakley Ward (1871–1905) was Oakley's older sister. She died during an outbreak of typhoid fever in Brooklyn.
