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Composition study for "Man and Science" lunette, from the ... Image 1

Composition study for "Man and Science" lunette, from the mural series "The Building of the House of Wisdom," Charlton Yarnall House

Yarnall House, "The House of Wisdom"
Philadelphia, PA
Date
c. 1910
Medium
Oil on canvas
Credit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2012
Dimensions
36 x 54 in.

Description & Inscriptions

Oakley’s widowed mother Cornelia Swain Oakley posed for the figure of the seated older woman dressed in black.

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