Drawing
- Title:
- Frenchy
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2009.026.016 b
- Creator:
- Soule, George C. (1914-2008)
Artist - Date:
- 1936/02/26
- Description:
- Drawing of Frenchy, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1936. Pencil on paper. Seven sketches of CCC workers. Sketch at top left depicts man sitting on trunk at foot of bunk, identified as "'Frenchy' / Feb 26, 1936 / (My Bunk)". Another man is identified as "Chaplain / Feb 27". Sketch as bottom left depicts fire in fireplace, identified as "Fireplace / in Rec". Four sketches are enhanced with red color pencil. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11.1 W-8.5 inches
- Provenance:
- George C. Soule (1914-2008) of Manchester, NH, was an artist with the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Hampshire, 1935-1937. He was assigned to draw portraits of CCC workers and to document camp life. He studied art at Yale and became an architect in Manchester. He operated the firm of Soule & Associates from the 1950s through the 1980s. He designed schools, churches, houses, and a wide variety of commercial buildings in southern NH and southern New England. The collection was donated by the children of George Soule.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Patricia, Cynthia, and Peter Soule
- People:
- Soule, George C. (1914-2008)
- Subjects:
- Camp life, Fireplaces, Chaplains, Barracks
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