Portrait study of Horace Oakley
Date
Date unknownMedium
Sanguine and white chalk on paper with framing lines in sanguineCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
19 x 12 3/8 in.Description & Inscriptions
[lower right below framing line in red ink]: stamped signature; [bottom left in black ink]: Horace Oakley -- distant relative
Horace Sweeney Oakley (1861-1929) was a Chicago lawyer, scholar and philanthropist. His lectures on the need for a league to enforce peace brought Oakley to the attention of President Woodrow Wilson and an appointment to one of the President’s peace committees. In 1918, Oakley resigned from this committee to join the American Red Cross Commission to Greece.
Horace Sweeney Oakley (1861-1929) was a Chicago lawyer, scholar and philanthropist. His lectures on the need for a league to enforce peace brought Oakley to the attention of President Woodrow Wilson and an appointment to one of the President’s peace committees. In 1918, Oakley resigned from this committee to join the American Red Cross Commission to Greece.
