Painting
- Title:
- Bon Voyage
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1994.008.20
- Creator:
- Sturm, Marjorie Prescott Rowell (1892-1960)
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1925-1940
- Description:
- Painting of Bon Voyage, by Marjorie Prescott Rowell Sturm (1892-1960), 1925-1940. Pen and ink and watercolor on paper. Cut out of woman waving goodbye at dock. Similar to 1994.008.19. Woman with back toward viewer; wearing a bonnet, dress with pink and green spots, large pink bow at waist, full sleeves and skirt; holding a handkerchief in elevated right hand. Inscription lower right: "BON VOYAGE". Unsigned. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.375 W-4 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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