Dewing, M. O. (Maria Oakey), 1855-1927 Search this
Type:
Correspondence
Date:
not after 1881
Place of publication, production, or execution:
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Physical Description:
Letter : 1 folded sheet : handwritten ; 21 x 26 cm., folded to 21 x 13 cm.
Summary:
Date range based on the fact that Dewing signs with her maiden name (she and Thomas Dewing were married in 1881). <br>Dewing writes to a Mr. Perry (possibly Oliver Hazard Perry) to discuss her designs for decorative andirons which he has commissioned. She includes sketches of potential designs numbered 1 through 4: a mother and child, a "fire worshipper [sic]", a Japanese woman with a fan; and a cupid holding bellows.
Citation:
M. O. (Maria Oakey) Dewing. Maria Oakey Dewing letter to Mr. Perry, not after 1881. Thomas Wilmer Dewing and Dewing family papers, 1876-1963. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
U.S. public domain
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560