Drawing

Title:

Holiday Greetings from Foster and Martha Stearns

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1994.008.08

Creator:

Sturm, Marjorie Prescott Rowell (1892-1960)Artist

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1918

Description:

Drawing of Holiday Greetings from Foster and Martha Stearns, by Marjorie Prescott Rowell Sturm (1892-1960), 1925-1940. Pen and ink on paper. Original art for Christmas card. Double doorway with fanlights and pilasters. Christmas wreaths hang on doors. Arbors and ground covered in snow. Ink inscription lower center: "Holiday Greetings / from / Foster and Martha Stearns." Pencil notes in bottom margin, "4 1/4" with arrows, and on reverse: "7549 / 2 B + B". Signed on reverse, in pencil, "Marjorie Rowell Sturm / 50 Church St. / Concord N.H." Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-9.25 W-7.5 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 (1945.8), magazine covers, as well as book illustration (Needle in Hand, Martha Stearns, 1950).

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

Sturm, Marjorie Prescott Rowell (1892-1960), Stearns, Foster W. (1881-1956)

Subjects:

Christmas Card