Head study for "The Annunciation, Angel Gabriel" mural (Marjorie Wysong, [Sister Marjorie Raphael] model), from the series "Great Women of the Bible, "First Presbyterian Church in Germantown, PA

[verso label 1 of 4 in black ink, preprinted "Attach to Entry" label]: Woodmere Gallery / Members' Ex 1947 / [Title] (Study for Angel's Head: / Marjorie MacMonnies / Wysong / [Artist] Violet Oakley / [Address] St George's Rd. Phila. 19 / [Price] $400.00; [verso label 2 of 4 in black ink]: Violet Oakley [OP77--in red ink] (Oil) / study for "The Annuncation / Angel Gabriel: for "Great / Women of the Bible" series for / the First Presby. Church, Gmtn. / (Model Marjorie Wysong, gddaughter / of Mr. & Mrs. Fredk. MacMonnies.) Now, / Rev. Mother Marjorie Raphael, / Sisters of St. Margaret, Boston; [verso label 3 of 4 in black ink]: M-196; [verso label 4 of 4 in graphite]: 20 [in triangle]
This study is for Oakley’s last mural series, Great Women of the Bible, commissioned by the First Presbyterian Church in Germantown. Produced over a four-year period from 1945 to 1949 when she was in her seventies, the work was created in collaboration with Edith Emerson.

Great Women of the Bible is Oakley’s only commission for a church that has survived in its original location; the murals have been maintained in excellent condition for nearly seventy years and over one hundred studies are preserved in the collection of the La Salle University Art Museum.