Portrait study of Mrs. William Van Duzer Lawrence (Sarah Bates Lawrence)
Date
c. 1910Medium
Sanguine, brown and white pastel on paperCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
24 1/2 x 19 in.Description & Inscriptions
[bottom left in graphite]: Mrs Lawrence
An advocate of higher education for young women, Mrs. Lawrence was memorialized by the college her husband built in her honor, Sarah Lawrence College. The Lawrences, especially their daughter Louise, were close friends of Oakley.
An advocate of higher education for young women, Mrs. Lawrence was memorialized by the college her husband built in her honor, Sarah Lawrence College. The Lawrences, especially their daughter Louise, were close friends of Oakley.
