Sketchbook
- Object Name:
- Sketchbook
- Object ID:
- 1998.005.86
- Creator:
- Blackstone, Jess (1909-1988)
Woodcarver - Place of Origin:
- Pembroke, NH
- Date:
- 1941
- Description:
- Sketchbook. Spiral (metal) bound with 10 sheets of paper, cardboard front and back covers. Contains eight pages of bird and duck drawings. Affixed to front of sketchbook is a commemorative stamp entitled "LITTLE BLUE HERON". Maker's name of front of book, printed, "No. 7191 - "MONTEREY DRAWING." Stamped on inside front cover, "JESS BLACKSTONE / 61 BOROUGH ROAD / PENACOOK, N.H." and handwritten "6-7-41".
- Material:
- Paper
Metal
Cardboard - Dimensions:
- H-7.25 W-5 inches
- Provenance:
- Sketches by Jess D. Blackstone, (1909-1988), bird carver, Pembroke, NH. Jess was taught bird carving by his father, Arthur M. Blackstone, who was also a linoleum block printer. Arthur and Jess worked together in Melrose, MA, in the 1930s. Jess began a solo career of bird carving c. 1940, when he and Edith moved to New Hampshire (listed as "craftsman" in Concord Directory, 1941-42). He focused on birds of NH. Jess is reported to have been the first bird carver in the League of NH Craftsmen. He continued bird carving into the 1980s.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Jane Blackstone
- People:
- Blackstone, Jess (1909-1988)
- Subjects:
- Birds, Ducks, Wood carving, Sketchbooks, Herons
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