Aunt Olivia Went in Search of Her Child
Date1904
Artist
Elizabeth Shippen Green
(American painter and illustrator, 1871–1954)
Illustration Citation"The Thousand Quilt," by Annie Hamilton Donnell, in Harper's Magazine, December 1904
MediumWatercolor, graphite, and charcoal on illustration board
Dimensions24 7/8 × 15 7/8 in. (63.2 × 40.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thornton Oakley, 1951
Object number1951-16
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextShippen Green depicts the moment in the story when stern Aunt Olivia searches for her missing niece. Ultimately, she finds the girl making a quilt-of a thousand pieces-as a birthday gift for Olivia, softening the aunt's harsh attitude toward her.
Elizabeth Shippen Green
not dated
