Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Vaudeville--Palace Set (Olio Drop)

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Francis Edgar Gates
1863-1952

Vaudeville--Palace Set (Olio Drop)

1894-1913
17 11/16 x 25 3/16 inches (450 x 640 mm)
Graphite and watercolor on paper.
1982.75:283

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

Notes
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).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in ink at lower left, "No. 555 olio".
Classification
Century Drawings