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Red Rose Inn, by Violet Oakley, 1904.
Violet Oakley Red Rose Building also known as Red Rose Studio), 1904. Oil on canvas of the entrance to the Red Rose Building - Violet Oakley's studio.

Credit: Courtesy of the State Museum of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

Oakley's painting of the Red Rose Inn (1904), where she, Jessie Wilcox Smith (1863-1935), and Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871-1954) lived together for fourteen years in an artistic household built upon shared ideals and deep friendship.

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