Caption: Violet Oakley standing beside a portion of her 44-foot-wide mural, International Unity and Understanding.
Violet Oakley Papers, 1841-1981. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Caption: Violet Oakley, Study for Unity, Panel 9, Pennsylvania Senate Chamber Mural.
A stage of Oakley work done in Charcoal.
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Caption: Violet Oakley, Study for Unity, Panel 9, Pennsylvania Senate Chamber Mural. A stage of Oakley's work done in pastel.
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Caption: Violet Oakley, Study for Unity, Panel 9, Pennsylvania Senate Chamber Mural.
A stage of Oakley's work done in Chalk.
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Caption: The following wall panels are depicted, painted very loosely: The Constitutional Convention and Creation of the True Union; The Preservation of Unit; The Armies of the Earth Striving Together to Take the Kingdom of Unity by Violence; The End of Warfare; The Manifestation of Enlightenment; The End of Slavery; The Slaves of the Earth Driven Forward and Upward by Their Slave Drivers, Greed, Ignorance and Fear. Gouache Study on Paper, /Color study in gouache of the Senate Chamber murals, seen from the back of the room, facing the rostrum.
Courtesy of the State Museum of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation
Caption: Violet Oakley, Gouache Study With Ink on Paper, Color study in gouache of the "Blue Lady" figure, central figure of the Senate Chamber mural: The Manifestation of Enlightenment in International Unity - Prophecy of William Penn. A monumental female figure kneels by a flowing body of water, looking downward with her arms outspread. She wears a long blue dress and a transparent veil, her hair is black. Written below this study in ink: "And he showed me a pure river of the water of life...proceeding out of the throne. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the Nations... USA."
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Caption: Violet Oakley in her studio.
Violet Oakley Papers, 1841-1981, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Caption: Penn's Vision is part of the frieze: The Founding of the State of Liberty Spiritual.
North Wall Panel 11. Each mural depicts events that influenced Williams Penn and his Quaker ideology.
Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee/Photo by Hunt Commercial Photography
Caption: This mural by Violet Oakley depicts King Charles II signing the Charter of Pennsylvania in 1681. It now resides on the east wall, Panel 12, Governor's Reception Room of the Pennsylvania State Capitol building.
Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee/Photo by Hunt Commercial Photography
Caption: Washington's march through Philadelphia is commemorated in this mural by Violet Oakley, which is displayed in the Pennsylvania State Capitol building.
Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee/Photo by Hunt Commercial Photography
Caption: Displayed in the Pennsylvania State Capitol building, on the north wall, panel 5, troops of the Civil War: General George Gordon Meade and Pennsylvania Soldiers in camp before Gettysburg, by Violet Oakley.
Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee/Photo by Hunt Commercial Photography