Full-length portrait study of Mrs. William Van Duzer Lawrence (Sarah Bates Lawrence)
Date
Date unknownMedium
Black and white pastel on blue-gray paperCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
23 x 16 1/2 in.Description & Inscriptions
[bottom left in graphite]: Mrs. William Van Duzer 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.