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Call Number:
MSS 16
Holdings:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Creator:
Leighton, Frances Christina, d. 1930
Title(s):
Album
Date:
circa 1846-1853
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
Vol. 5
Provenance:
Acquired 2011, Paul Mellon Fund.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
Copyright Undetermined

The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
Scope and Content:
Bound by Shrewsbury bookseller R. Davies, the scrapbook features drawings primarily by Baldwyn and Stanley. These provide a clear sense of how Mary guided her children in art instruction, encouraging them to copy from illustrations. Though the original sources for the drawings are unclear, the family must have had in its possession at least one illustrated copy of <title render="italic">Pilgrim’s Progress</title>, from which Baldwyn drew two scenes. Stanley seems to have been interested as well in social types, as evidenced by a series of drawings that portray, among others, a dandy, a sailor, and third-class passengers. Drawings from life include Baldwyn’s portraits of the Cuthbert children, Frances’s drawing of the cupola of St. George’s, and an unattributed watercolor of ice skaters and men engaged in the winter sport of curling. Folded into the scrapbook is also a map of Scotland, with a detailed itinerary of Mary and her husband’s August 1846 tour.
Physical Description:
1 volume (approximately 60 drawings;1 annotated map) ; 36.5 x 23 cm. Bound in contemporary half roan and marbled boards.
Genre:
Children’s art, Pictorial works, Graphite drawings, Portraits, Watercolors (paintings), Caricatures, Children's art, Engravings (prints), Pen and ink drawings, Sketchbooks, and Trade cards
Subject Terms:
Amusements
Battles
Catholic emancipation
Clothing and dress
Decoration and ornament
Drawing
Fashion
Peasants
Study and teaching
Suspension bridges
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Ireland
Italy
Oswestry (England)
Scotland
Switzerland
Wales, North
Associated People/Groups:
Cracherode, Clayton Mordaunt, 1730-1799
Knight, Richard Payne, 1751-1824
Leighton, Baldwyn, Sir, 1836-1897
Leighton, Charlotte, d. 1928
Leighton, Frances Christina, d. 1930
Leighton, Isabella, d. 1911
Leighton, Mary, Lady, -1864
Leighton, Stanley, 1837-1901
Parker, John, 1798-1860
Finding Aid Title:
Mary Leighton Collection
Collection PDF:
https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/9.pdf
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/1306
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/1306?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1