Sketchbook
- Object Name:
- Sketchbook
- Object ID:
- 2018.003.21
- Creator:
- Cosgrove, Alice (1909-1971)
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1969
- Description:
- Sketchbook, with nine charcoal and pencil sketches by Alice Cosgrove (1909-1971), Concord, NH. Large sketchbook with brown cardboard covers, bound with spiral wire. Horizontal rectangle. Printed in red on front cover: "WINSOR / WIRE BOUND / SKETCH BOOK / for / Water Colour, Crayon, Pencil, Pen and Ink / 24 SHEETS ROUGH PAPER / Winsor & Newton / INC.", with list of sizes.
Page 1: Charcoal sketch of Mary Louise Hancock seated in chair, listening to radio. Titled in charcoal, "Miss Hancock / & the Voice of America / Bastille Day 7/14/69". Vertical rectangle.
Page 2: Charcoal sketch of four women seated at table, playing cards. Horizontal rectangle.
Seven other pages have smaller sketches, including sail boat at dock with cabins, portrait of a man, Noah's ark, and measured drawings. - Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14 W-17 inches
- Provenance:
- The donor was director of the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission, for which her friend Alice Cosgrove worked.
Artist Alice (Ericson) Cosgrove (1909-1971) was born in Concord and studied art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston after graduating from Concord High School in 1925. After completing school she married fellow artist Roland Cosgrove and settled in Boston. Alice Cosgrove returned to Concord and found work through the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project in 1935. During World War II she worked for Hoyt Electrical Instrument Works designing precision dials for equipment. In 1946, Cosgrove began working for the New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission, designing and producing a wide variety of promotional materials for the state. She is best remembered for her design of "Chippa Granite," the wholesome, freckled boy who was the face of New Hampshire tourism for more than a decade. Cosgrove retired and died in 1971. - Subjects:
- Radios, Radio broadcasting, Hancock, Mary Louise, Card games, Card playing
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