The Family Solicitor as Benjamin Franklin
Date
1930Medium
Sanguine and graphite on paper, mounted on buff paperCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
22 3/8 x 15 in.Description & Inscriptions
[bottom left of mounted paper in graphite]: V. Oakley; [below right on buff paper in graphite]: The Family Solicitor / as Benjamin Franklin
Joseph Lester, a cousin of Elizabeth Shippen Green, was an attorney who helped Oakley and her friends lease the Red Rose Inn near Villanova. For his service, the women affectionately referred to Lester as their “Family Solicitor” and themselves as the “Lawful Heirs.” Lester remained Oakley’s attorney, financial adviser and friend until his death in 1938.
Joseph Lester, a cousin of Elizabeth Shippen Green, was an attorney who helped Oakley and her friends lease the Red Rose Inn near Villanova. For his service, the women affectionately referred to Lester as their “Family Solicitor” and themselves as the “Lawful Heirs.” Lester remained Oakley’s attorney, financial adviser and friend until his death in 1938.
