Portrait study of Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg (née Lucretia Mott Longshore)
Date
Date unknownMedium
Pastel on paper between hinged matsCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
27 1/2 x 20 in.Description & Inscriptions
[lower right in red ink]: stamped signature / stamped monogram initials; [verso in graphite]: Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg (wife of Philadelphia mayor)
A Quaker and reform activist, Mrs. Blankenburg was a frequent speaker at public events on a variety of topics, including women's suffrage. Equally as dedicated to reform was her husband Rudolph Blankenburg, who served as Philadelphia's progressive mayor from 1912 to 1916.
A Quaker and reform activist, Mrs. Blankenburg was a frequent speaker at public events on a variety of topics, including women's suffrage. Equally as dedicated to reform was her husband Rudolph Blankenburg, who served as Philadelphia's progressive mayor from 1912 to 1916.
