Drawing

Title:

The Denizens of the Drafting Room

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2018.003.22

Creator:

Cosgrove, Alice (1909-1971)Illustrator

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1950

Description:

Drawing by Alice Cosgrove (1909-1971), Concord, NH. Pencil on pink paper, with red and white highlights. Vertical rectangle. Five men and one woman standing at table, presumably at New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission. Pencil inscription: "THE DENIZENS OF THE DRAFTING ROOM / IN CONFERENCE & DEEP THOUGHT. HOW / BEST TO SAY TO YOU - 'HI - HOW'S / TRICKS?' / SORRY / NOT TO / FIND / ROOM FOR 'LEGS' TUCKER & ALL THE / REST. WOOPS! [reference to ink stain] MESSY BESSIE".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10 W-8.5 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.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Estate of Mary Louise Hancock

People:

Cosgrove, Alice (1909-1971), Hancock, Mary Louise (1920-2017)

Subjects:

Drafting, Drafting tables