Drawing

Title:

Illustration referred to on page 4

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

2018.003.23.4

Creator:

Cosgrove, Alice (1909-1971)

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1950

Description:

Drawing by Alice Cosgrove (1909-1971), Concord, NH. One of four drawings of knitting of Christmas socks. Black ink on heavy white paper. Vertical rectangle. Knitted sock, with two needles, upper left. Wrapped box, lower right, with tag reading "HAPPY / BIRTHDAY / DEAR BROTHER". Typescript caption taped at top center: "Illustration referred to on page 4."

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-9 W-8 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.

People:

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

Subjects:

Knitting, Christmas, Christmas stockings, Christmas presents