The Slave Ship Ransomed

Drawing

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Drexel Founding Collection

Name/Title

The Slave Ship Ransomed

Entry/Object ID

5356

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

1918

Place

City

Philadelphia

State

Pennsylvania

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Image size

Height

8-3/4 in

Width

13-3/4 in

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

18 in

Width

24-1/2 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

This sketch is a study for one of the 43 murals Violet Oakley painted for the Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pa.