Portrait study of Horace Oakley
Date
1929Medium
Sanguine and white pastel on light brown paperCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
20 3/4 x 15 1/8 in.Description & Inscriptions
[lower left in white pastel]: Violet Oakley, / 1929; [verso, lower left in ink]: Horace Oakley
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.
