Portrait study of Willard and Barbara Emerson
Date
Date unknownMedium
Pastel on light green paperCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
12 x 9 in.Description & Inscriptions
[bottom left in graphite]: Willard & Barbara
The adult and child depicted by a lake are Edith Emerson's brother and niece. Six years younger than Edith, Willard Emerson (1894-1966) was an investment banker and after WWII became a professor at his alma mater, Cornell University. In 1951 he was appointed Vice President of University Development. Two years later he returned to investment banking. Willard and his wife Ethel had four children, Ann, Jonathan, Willard, Jr., and Barbara, who is depicted here with her father.
The adult and child depicted by a lake are Edith Emerson's brother and niece. Six years younger than Edith, Willard Emerson (1894-1966) was an investment banker and after WWII became a professor at his alma mater, Cornell University. In 1951 he was appointed Vice President of University Development. Two years later he returned to investment banking. Willard and his wife Ethel had four children, Ann, Jonathan, Willard, Jr., and Barbara, who is depicted here with her father.
