Painting
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1994.008.16
- Creator:
- Sturm, Marjorie Prescott Rowell (1892-1960)
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1925-1940
- Description:
- Drawing, untitled, by Marjorie Prescott Rowell Sturm (1892-1960), 1925-1940. Ink and watercolor on paper on paperboard. For Easter card. Girl in pink dress with short blond hair, at right, holding a blue ribbon; lamb, at left, standing on its hind legs, wearing a blue and yellow scarf, holding the other end of the ribbon. Bunny, at center, looks toward viewer wearing a crown of roses. Tulips and grass in background; bordered at top and bottom by wide gold border. Pencil inscription on mount margin with arrow: "Reduce to 5 7/8". Pencil signature on reverse: "M.P. Rowell / 50 Church St. / Concord N.H." Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-8 W-10 inches
- Provenance:
- Minot Hill is treasurer of the Pierce Brigade. The Pierce Brigade offered the Marjorie Sturm collection for sale to NHHS, September, 1993.
Marjorie Prescott Rowell Sturm (1892-1960), lifelong resident of Concord, NH, was a painter and commercial illustrator. Accomplishments include greeting card designs for Hallmark, numerous maps and brochures, a painting of John Farmer (1945.008), magazine covers, as well as book illustration ("Needle in Hand", Martha Stearns, 1950). - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
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