Card, Greeting

Title:

God Bless Thy Year

Object Name:

Card, Greeting

Object ID:

2018.003.27.16

Creator:

Cosgrove, Alice (1909-1971)Illustrator

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

1950-1970

Description:

Christmas card, by Alice Cosgrove (1909-1971), Concord, NH. Blue ink printed on paper, folded in half. Horizontal rectangle. Two snowflakes and text: "GOD BLESS THY YEAR / THY COMING IN - THY GOING ABOUT / THY REST - THY TRAVELING ABOUT / THE ROUGH - THE SMOOTH / THE BRIGHT - THE DREAR / GOD BLESS THY YEAR".

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-4.5 W-6.3 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:

Christmas, Christmas cards, Snowflakes