Parker, W. Jacques

A loosely rendered pen and ink sketch of an orchestra, depicted from the point of view of a member of the audience.

A pen and ink work depicting daily life in the morning at the camp with men washing up and reading a paper next to a tree with mountains visible in the distance.

A detailed rendering of a group of three men sitting and drinking at an outdoor café, with a tree visible through an archway in the background.

Two drawings included. The image on the right is a pencil on paper drawing of a soldier attempting to sleep without a blanket in a snow cave on the first night of an assault, with the treads of the boots pointed out to the viewer extending from the cave. The image on the left is a pen and ink drawing of German soldiers surrendering on the top of the mountain, with soldiers training guns on them in the background.

A pen and ink drawing of two women standing on the ski slope with two skiers staring at them admiringly in the distance.

An ink drawing of two women kneeling doing laundry at a lake with a mountain range in the background.

Image depicts two men outside "cleaning up" in the morning with mountains in the background.

A pen and ink illustration of two men gathered around a radio listening to the broadcast as a countdown occurs.

Two pen and ink drawings on a single sheet of paper depicting the journey of the assault group, which included Parker, climbing up a mountain at night with the moon visible above the peaks to their left.

Jacques Parker (d. 2019) was a ski illustrator and veteran of the United States 10th Mountain Division. This collection contains artist and climbing tools, biographical clippings, and other materials from his enlistment. Collection also contains several peices of artwork, in pencil, ink, and watercolor; and contains several drafts and final published works for magazines.