Drawing
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.075
- Creator:
- Lenski, Lois (1893-1974)
Illustrator - Date:
- 1939
- Description:
- Drawing, illustration for children's book, "Ocean Born Mary," by Lois Lenski (1893-1974), 1939. Pen and ink on paper. Foreground: two girls in Colonial dress on stairs; center: barking dog and parrot facing off; background: girl in Colonial dress working at flax wheel with dove and clouds overhead. Notation: "Chap. III / near end", upper right corner. Inscribed: "Christmas / 1939 / To Dorothy Vaughan / With the sincere regards of / Lois Lenski" below drawing. Reverse, "#4021", lower right corner, pencil. One of a pair. Unframed
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-9.5 W-11.3 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
Lois Lenski was a friend of Dorothy Vaughan. The Vaughan papers at NHHS library include extensive correspondence from Lois, as well as research materials.
"Ocean Born Mary" was published in 1939. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
- Subjects:
- Book illustration, Colonial scene
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