Francis Edgar Gates

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Francis Edgar Gates
1863-1952
Vaudeville--Palace Set (Olio Drop)
1894-1913
Graphite and watercolor on paper.
17 11/16 x 25 3/16 inches (450 x 640 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:283
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Study for an olio drop for a palace interior.
Frank Gates studied at Washington University in St. Louis. He later went to New York where he opened a studio in 1894 with Edward A. Morange called, "Gates & Morange" (subsequently the Chester Rakewan Studio).

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Inscribed in ink at lower left, "No. 555 olio".

Provenance: 
Studio Alliance; Donald M. Oenslager.
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