Portrait study of Louise Lawrence Meigs
Date
Date unknownMedium
Black pastel on paperCredit Line
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015Dimensions
20 5/8 x 13 in.Description & Inscriptions
[bottom left in graphite]: Louise Meigs study / VO's "best friend"; [verso in graphite]: LM. Hester O's roommate at Vassar -- / maiden name: / Louise Lawrence (father founder of / Lwrn. Cllg.)
Daughter of Williams Van Duzer and Sarah Lawrence, Louise was college roommate and close friend to Oakley's sister Hester, after whom she named her daughter.
Daughter of Williams Van Duzer and Sarah Lawrence, Louise was college roommate and close friend to Oakley's sister Hester, after whom she named her daughter.
