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Sarah "Sadie" Farley Allan (1878-1923)
New England Society of Northeast PA


Farley-Allan - Drawing of Plymouth, MA from NE Society of New England Society of NE PA program (1910)



Left:  Farley-Allan - Drawing of the Old South Church, Boston, MA, from New England Society of NE PA Program (1909).



Right:Farley-Allan - Drawing of Candle & Holder from New England Society of NE PA Program (1909).




Left: Farley-Allan - Drawing of Miles Standish House Duxbury, MA 1661, from New England Society of NE PA Program (1909).




Right: Farley-Allan - Drawing of Washington Elm, Cambridge MA, from New England Society of NE PA Program (1910).






Left: New England Society of Northeast PA program cover - (1911)

New England Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania dinner program cover (1911).

Sarah Farley created many Colonial-themed pen & ink illustrations for this local fraternal oganization. This cover depicts John Bradford and others from the Plymouth Plantation. Her historical drawings show the influence of Kenyon Cox, a proponent of Realism.




Right: Farley-Allan - The Old Belfry Lexington (MA), from NE Society of NE PA Program (1910)


Above: Farley-Allan – Drawing, Abi in Pace (Depart in Peace), from New England Society of NE PA Program (1911).
Left: Program Cover, New England Society of Northeastern PA  (Dec 1933)

Farley-Allan illustration of the Mayflower, Program Cover for the New England Society of Northeastern PA (reprinted in Dec. 1933)

Right: New England Society of Northeastern PA program cover - (1934)

Farley-Allan Program Cover illustration of Samuel Chapin, Puritan Deacon, for the New England Society of Northeastern PA (reprinted in Dec. 1934)




Left: Farley-Allan - Drawing of Old North Bridge, Lexington, MA, from New England Society of NE PA Program (1910).

Left: Farley-Allan – Drawing, Menu & Toast from New England Society of NE PA Program (1912). 

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