Sketchbook
- Object Name:
- Sketchbook
- Object ID:
- 1994.008.28
- Creator:
- Sturm, Marjorie Prescott Rowell (1892-1960) -- Artist
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1902-1905
- Description:
- Sketchbook by Marjorie Prescott Rowell Sturm (1892-1960), 1902-1905. Brown cloth cover and 22 sheets. Cover has the printed words, "Sketch Book", with pencil additions, "1901-1904" and sketches of flowers; pencil sketch on reverse of a woman. Pencil sketches on each sheet, dated 1902 to 1905. Subjects include buildings, people, and landscapes, including Weirs and bridge at White Park, Concord. Signed "MR", "MARJORIE ROWELL", and some with her monogram. First page signed "Marjorie Rowell / Concord N.H. / 25 Essex St."
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-5.2 W-7.875 D-0.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Minot Hill is treasurer of the Pierce Brigade. The Pierce Brigade offered the Marjorie Stum collection for sale to the NHHS, September, 1993.
Marjorie Prescott Rowell Sturm, lifelong resident of Concord, NH, was a painter & commercial illustrator. Accomplishments include greeting card designs for Hallmark, numerous maps and brochures, a painting of John Farmer (1945.8), magazine covers, as well as book illustration (Needle in Hand, Martha Stearns, 1950). - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Sketchbooks, Drawings, Children, Childhood and youth, Sailboats, Bridges, American flag, Dogs, Firecrackers
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