Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science Journal Cover Sketch, 1934

Drawing

Drexel Founding Collection

#5346, Photographed by Kelly & Massa, 2017

Name/Title

Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science Journal Cover Sketch, 1934

Entry/Object ID

5346

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Edith Emerson, Philadelphia

Notes

Date: August 1982 Credit Line: Bequest of Edith Emerson Means of Accession: Bequest

Made/Created

Artist

Violet Oakley

Date made

1934

Place

City

Philadelphia

State

Pennsylvania

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

20-7/8 in

Width

14-1/4 in

Dimension Notes

H, W: 20 7/8x14 1/4 in; Framed: 28 1/2x22 in

Height

20-7/8 in

Width

14-1/4 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

Violet Oakley continued to create covers and frontispieces for the Christian Science Church well after she stopped taking on commissions for illustrations. This frontispiece depicts Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, seated in a library.