Drawing
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2009.026.045 a
- Creator:
- Soule, George C. (1914-2008)
Artist - Date:
- 1936
- Description:
- Drawing, untitled, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1936. Pencil on paper. Two lake scenes, two studies for a poster, and study of a foot. Largest sketch, at top, depicts rowboat marked "PARKS DEPT." on lakeshore. Poster is titled "MEET YOUR NEIGHBOR" and depicts the National Commander of the American Legion. Unsigned. Unframed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-11 W-8.4 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
- People:
- Soule, George C. (1914-2008)
- Subjects:
- Lakes & ponds, Rowboats, Swimming floats, Beaches, Foot
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