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Drawing

Title:
Jack on the piazza
Object Name:
Drawing
Object ID:
2009.026.040 b
Creator:
Soule, George C. (1914-2008)Artist
Place of Origin:
Burlington, VT
Date:
1936/05/09
Description:
Drawing, Jack on the piazza, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1936. Five sketches of patients in CCC hospital at Fort Ethan Allen, Burlington, VT. One patient, upper right, identified in pencil as "Jack on the piaz[za] / May 9, 193[6]". Also a sketch of dogs, lower left, identified as "Spot". 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 in the 118th Company, CCC, East Jaffrey, NH. 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
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